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in·quire VB trans, intr esp Am

inquire → enquire

See also enquire

I . en·quire [ɪnˈkwaɪəʳ, Am enˈkwaɪɚ] esp Brit VB intr

1. enquire (ask for information):

sich acc erkundigen

‘Saturday staff needed — enquire within’

‚Aushilfspersonal für samstags gesucht — Näheres im Geschäft‘

to enquire about sth

nach etw dat fragen

to enquire about sth

sich acc nach etw dat erkundigen

to enquire after [or for] sb

sich acc nach jdm erkundigen

to enquire after [or for] sb

nach jdm fragen

to enquire after sb's health

sich acc nach jds Gesundheit erkundigen

to enquire of sb whether ... form

bei jdm nachfragen, ob ...

to enquire of sb whether ... form

sich acc bei jdm erkundigen, ob ...

to enquire whether/when/what/where ...

fragen [o. sich acc erkundigen] , ob/wann/was/wo ...

2. enquire (investigate):

Nachforschungen anstellen

to enquire into sth

etw untersuchen

to enquire into a matter

eine Angelegenheit untersuchen

II . en·quire [ɪnˈkwaɪəʳ, Am enˈkwaɪɚ] esp Brit VB trans form

to enquire sth [of sb]

sich acc [bei jdm] nach etw dat erkundigen

to enquire sth [of sb]

[jdn] nach etw dat fragen

he enquired the time from a passer-by

er fragte einen Passanten nach der Uhrzeit

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

inquire into thine own heart

befrage dein Herz

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In prescribing these drugs it might be well to inquire as to any family history of bipolar disorder. en.wikipedia.org

More recently, the nakdo gathers information about the family in question by asking around and comparing responses: kikiawaseru/toriawaseru (inquire variously and compare). en.wikipedia.org

He first calls upon his old boy network of foreign intelligence and police contacts to inquire if they have any records of a top-class political assassin. en.wikipedia.org

Since every time he inquired about religion, he was told do not question, just do as you are told, he lived a seemingly irreligious life. en.wikipedia.org

For instance, mystery shoppers at a restaurant may pretend they are lactose-intolerant, or a clothing store mystery shopper could inquire about gift wrapping services. en.wikipedia.org

When the satyr again inquired the reason, he said that he did it to cool the food. en.wikipedia.org

Upon reaching a roadside corner store, he parked his horse-driven vehicle and inquired from the store keeper the name of the place. en.wikipedia.org

The observer neglects to inquire expressly as to the side to which the sensation is referred. en.wikipedia.org

Children's amazing creative will to inquire and pursue an idea (whisper it) without a learning objective appears, quite genuinely, to have been crushed and forgotten. www.telegraph.co.uk

When they inquire about the soldiers, the store owner asks them to leave. en.wikipedia.org

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