enquire
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
inquire about
I asked about their special today
Types & categories
- communicate hypernym
- pry hyponym
- consult hyponym
Related & opposite
- questioning derivation
- enquiry derivation
- inquirer derivation
- ask verb group
- ask verb group
Sense 2 verb
conduct an inquiry or investigation of
The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- investigating derivation
- inquiry derivation
- investigation derivation
- questioning derivation
- detective derivation
- inquirer derivation
- fact-finding derivation
- inquisitive derivation
Sense 3 verb
have a wish or desire to know something
He wondered who had built this beautiful church
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- curiosity derivation
- wonderer derivation
- inquisitive derivation
- inquisitive derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | questioning |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | enquiry |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inquirer |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | ask |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | ask |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | communicate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pry |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | consult |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | investigating |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inquiry |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | investigation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | questioning |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | detective |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inquirer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fact-finding |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inquisitive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | probe |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | curiosity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wonderer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inquisitive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inquisitive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | query |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | request |