enquire

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I think Paypal would quite possibly need to enquire if I got $25k in a $25k chunk once.

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Quick take

inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of enquire gathered in one view.

verb

inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"

verb

conduct an inquiry or investigation of; "The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities"; "inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady"

verb

have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for enquire.

verb

inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"

verb

conduct an inquiry or investigation of; "The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities"; "inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady"

verb

have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"

Example sentences

I think Paypal would quite possibly need to enquire if I got $25k in a $25k chunk once.

If we enquire further than what the person says, we are in for a lot of trouble.

" or enquire if their actions where "standard protocol".

Then you are better at googling than I am. Can I enquire for a link?Edit: nm, it appeared when I searched for bloom trees instead of bloofi

When asking for the time I want to be picked up, was it really necessary to enquire down to the second?

The obvious solution is to enquire about dress code at the company at the time of setting the interview.

It was all rather arms-length and I didn't enquire, but it involved paying out interest to hundreds of e-gold accounts.

I see that one of the Nature publications was the endometrial cell transposon work in Nature Genetics - may I enquire as to the other publication?

Presumably the board must enquire as to any candidate's opinion on this matter and woe betide any CEO anywhere who doesn't support polygamy.

I think the most glaring omission is car insurance - if you enquire about insurance you will be straight up told that because you are under 25, the premium is going to be 4x of what it would be normally.