Inquiry

Definition

inquiry (also enquiry ) /Çn'kwaÇǝri; US 'Çnkwǝri/ n ၁။ (က) [C] ~ (about/ concerning sb/ sth) စံုစမ္းေမးျမန္းျခင္း။ In answer to your recent inquiry, the book you mention is not in stock. ❍ I've been making (some) inquiries (ie trying to find out) about it. ❍ an inquiry desk/ office. (ခ) inquiries [pl]( Brit ) စံုစမ္းရန္ဌာန။ Ask at inquiries to find out if your bag has been handed in. ❍ directory inquiries (ie a service giving information about telephone numbers). ၂။ [U] ေမးျမန္းျခင္း။ စံုစမ္းျခင္း။ learn sth by inquiry ❍ a court of inquiry ❍ The police are following several lines of inquiry. ❍ On inquiry (ie Having asked) I found it was true. ၃။ [C] ~ (into sth) စံုစမ္းစစ္ေဆးမႈ။ စံုစမ္း ေထာက္လွမ္းျခင္း။ hold an official inquiry ❍ call for a public inquiry into safety standards ❍ Two men are helping the police with their inquiries.

Examples

1. There have already been over 300 inquiries from people interested.
2. [inquiry about] : Discreet inquiries about his business affairs revealed little.
3. [make inquiries] : Police are making inquiries in the neighbourhood.
4. [be helping the police with their inquiries] : A 27-year-old man is helping the police with their inquiries.
5. [inquiry into] : The public is demanding an inquiry into the incident.
6. [launch/hold/conduct an inquiry] : The University will hold a disciplinary inquiry into the affair in May.
7. [inquiry into] : Inquiry into a possible motive turned up nothing.
8. [a line of inquiry] : There’s no need to pursue this line of inquiry any further.