Associations to the word «Inquiry»

Wiktionary

INQUIRY, noun. The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
INQUIRY, noun. Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation; as, physical inquiries.

Dictionary definition

INQUIRY, noun. A search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received".
INQUIRY, noun. An instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present".
INQUIRY, noun. A systematic investigation of a matter of public interest.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats