Inquire

Definition

inquire (also enquire ) /Çn'kwaÇǝ(r)/ v ( fml ) (က) ေမးျမန္း သည္။ inquire sb's name ❍ inquire where to go ❍ ‘How long have you been with the company?’ she inquired. (ခ) ~ (about sb/ sth) စံုစမ္းသည္။ ေမးျမန္းသည္။ inquire about flights to Amsterdam ❍ ‘How much are the tickets?’ ‘I'll inquire’. ❏ inquire after sb [ PHRV ] သတင္းေမးသည္။ People called to inquire after the baby. ❏ inquire into sth [ PHRV ] စံုစမ္းသည္။ We must inquire further into the matter. ❏ inquirer (also enquirer ) /Çn'kwaÇǝrǝ(r)/ n စံုစမ္း ေမးျမန္းသူ။ ❏ inquiring (also enquiring ) /Çn'kwaÇǝrÇŋ/ adj ၁။ စူးစမ္းေလ့လာတတ္ေသာ။ an inquiring mind. ၂။ ေမးခြန္း ထုတ္လိုေသာ။ an inquiring look. ❏ inquiringly (also enquiringly ) adv စူးစမ္းလိုေသာ သေဘာျဖင့္။ ❏ look at sb inquiringly.

Examples

1. [inquire about] : Why don’t you telephone the theatre and inquire about tickets?
2. [inquire whether/why/when etc] : I am writing to inquire whether you have any positions available.
3. May I inquire why you wish to speak to him?