"inquiry" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈkwaɪəɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪŋ-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈkwaɪ(ə)ɹi/ [General-American], /ˈɪnkwɪɹi/ [General-American], /ɪŋ-/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-inquiry.ogg [US] Forms: inquiries [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪəɹi Etymology: From Middle English enquery, from the Old French verb enquerre, from Latin inquīrō, composed of in- (“in, at, on; into”) + quaerō (“I seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Later respelled to conform to the original Latin spelling, as opposed to the Old French spelling. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|enquery}} Middle English enquery, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{m|fro|enquerre}} enquerre, {{der|en|la|inquīrō}} Latin inquīrō, {{m|la|in-||in, at, on; into}} in- (“in, at, on; into”), {{m|la|quaerō||I seek, look for}} quaerō (“I seek, look for”), {{der|en|itc-pro|*kʷaizeō}} Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*kʷeh₂-||to acquire}} Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} inquiry (countable and uncountable, plural inquiries)
  1. The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)): ζήτημα (zḗtēma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), তলাশ (tolaś) (Bengali), питане (pitane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), запитване (zapitvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), indagació [feminine] (Catalan), perquisició [feminine] (Catalan), 查詢 (Chinese Mandarin), 查询 (cháxún) (Chinese Mandarin), 質問 (Chinese Mandarin), 质问 (zhìwèn) (Chinese Mandarin), kysely (Finnish), tiedustelu (Finnish), tutkimus (Finnish), enquête [feminine] (French), investigación [feminine] (Galician), esculca [feminine] (Galician), გამოკითხვა (gamoḳitxva) (Georgian), გამოძიება (gamoʒieba) (Georgian), გამოკვლევა (gamoḳvleva) (Georgian), Anfrage [feminine] (German), Erkundigung [feminine] (German), Abfrage [feminine] (German), érdeklődés (Hungarian), tudakozódás (Hungarian), kérdezősködés (Hungarian), tájékozódás (Hungarian), inquesta (Interlingua), fiosrúchán [masculine] (Irish), inchiesta [feminine] (Italian), indagine [feminine] (Italian), 問い合わせ (toiawase) (alt: といあわせ) (Japanese), 調査 (chōsa) (alt: ちょうさ) (Japanese), 質問 (shitsumon) (alt: しつもん) (Japanese), 探究 (tankyū) (alt: たんきゅう) (Japanese), 질문 (jilmun) (Korean), 문의 (munui) (Korean), 조사 (josa) (Korean), 탐구 (tamgu) (Korean), quaestiō [feminine] (Latin), അന്വേഷണം (anvēṣaṇaṁ) (Malayalam), forespørsel (Norwegian Bokmål), pergunta (alt: 1) (Portuguese), questionamento (Portuguese), inquérito (alt: 2) (Portuguese), anchetă [feminine] (Romanian), запро́с (zaprós) [masculine] (Russian), рассле́дование (rasslédovanije) [neuter] [police, law-enforcement, military, war, government, politics] (Russian), дозна́ние (doznánije) [neuter] (Russian), पृच्छा (pṛcchā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), inquisición [feminine] (Spanish), indagatoria [feminine] (Spanish), pesquisa (Spanish), förfrågan (Swedish), efterforskning (Swedish), undersökning (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-inquiry-en-noun-I1VJU4Vo Disambiguation of 'the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)': 98 2
  2. Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (research; investigation): tutkimus (Finnish), Untersuchung [feminine] (German), Erforschung [feminine] (German), Erkundung [feminine] (German), Nachforschung [feminine] (German), Recherche [feminine] (German), vizsgálat (Hungarian), kivizsgálás (Hungarian), nyomozás (Hungarian), inkuiri (Indonesian), അന്വേഷണം (anvēṣaṇaṁ) (Malayalam)
    Sense id: en-inquiry-en-noun-1PBwdWnM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of 'research; investigation': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: enquiry [British] Derived forms: contextual inquiry, court of inquiry, domestic inquiry, freedom of inquiry, grounded narrative inquiry, inquiry-based learning, line of inquiry, point of inquiry, writ of inquiry

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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "word": "তলাশ"
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          "word": "查询"
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          "word": "enquête"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "investigación"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "esculca"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gamoḳitxva",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "გამოკითხვა"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gamoʒieba",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "გამოძიება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gamoḳvleva",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "გამოკვლევა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Anfrage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Erkundigung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Abfrage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "érdeklődés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "tudakozódás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "kérdezősködés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "tájékozódás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "inquesta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fiosrúchán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "inchiesta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "indagine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "といあわせ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "toiawase",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "問い合わせ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "ちょうさ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chōsa",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "調査"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "しつもん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shitsumon",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "質問"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "たんきゅう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tankyū",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "探究"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jilmun",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "질문"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "munui",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "문의"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "josa",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "조사"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "tamgu",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "탐구"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "quaestiō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "anvēṣaṇaṁ",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "അന്വേഷണം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "forespørsel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "pergunta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "questionamento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "inquérito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "anchetă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaprós",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "запро́с"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rasslédovanije",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "topics": [
            "police",
            "law-enforcement",
            "military",
            "war",
            "government",
            "politics"
          ],
          "word": "рассле́дование"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "doznánije",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "дозна́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "pṛcchā",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "पृच्छा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "inquisición"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "indagatoria"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "pesquisa"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "förfrågan"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "efterforskning"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
          "word": "undersökning"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Scientific inquiry",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation"
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          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
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          "examination",
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          "investigation",
          "investigation"
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "research; investigation",
          "word": "tutkimus"
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "de",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "research; investigation",
          "word": "vizsgálat"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "research; investigation",
          "word": "kivizsgálás"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "research; investigation",
          "word": "nyomozás"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "research; investigation",
          "word": "inkuiri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "anvēṣaṇaṁ",
          "sense": "research; investigation",
          "word": "അന്വേഷണം"
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      "ipa": "/ɪŋ-/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ɪŋ-/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Requests for review of Bourguignon translations",
    "Requests for review of Greek translations",
    "Requests for review of Italian translations",
    "Requests for review of Maori translations",
    "Requests for review of Scottish Gaelic translations",
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      "ipa": "/ɪŋ-/",
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        "General-American"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "zḗtēma",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ζήτημα"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "tolaś",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "তলাশ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pitane",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "питане"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zapitvane",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "запитване"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "indagació"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perquisició"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "查詢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cháxún",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "查询"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "質問"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhìwèn",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "质问"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "kysely"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "tiedustelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "tutkimus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "enquête"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "investigación"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esculca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gamoḳitxva",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "გამოკითხვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gamoʒieba",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "გამოძიება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gamoḳvleva",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "გამოკვლევა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Anfrage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erkundigung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abfrage"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "érdeklődés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "tudakozódás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "kérdezősködés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "tájékozódás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "inquesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fiosrúchán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inchiesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "indagine"
    },
    {
      "alt": "といあわせ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "toiawase",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "問い合わせ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちょうさ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chōsa",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "調査"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しつもん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shitsumon",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "質問"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たんきゅう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tankyū",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "探究"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jilmun",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "질문"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "munui",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "문의"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "josa",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "조사"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tamgu",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "탐구"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "quaestiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "anvēṣaṇaṁ",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "അന്വേഷണം"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "forespørsel"
    },
    {
      "alt": "1",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "pergunta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "questionamento"
    },
    {
      "alt": "2",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "inquérito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anchetă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaprós",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "запро́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasslédovanije",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "police",
        "law-enforcement",
        "military",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
      "word": "рассле́дование"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "doznánije",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дозна́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "pṛcchā",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "पृच्छा"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inquisición"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "indagatoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "pesquisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "förfrågan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "efterforskning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the act of inquiring (by asking questions, etc)",
      "word": "undersökning"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "research; investigation",
      "word": "tutkimus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "research; investigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Untersuchung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "research; investigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erforschung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "research; investigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erkundung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "research; investigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nachforschung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "research; investigation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Recherche"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "research; investigation",
      "word": "vizsgálat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "research; investigation",
      "word": "kivizsgálás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "research; investigation",
      "word": "nyomozás"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "research; investigation",
      "word": "inkuiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "anvēṣaṇaṁ",
      "sense": "research; investigation",
      "word": "അന്വേഷണം"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "inquiry"
  ],
  "word": "inquiry"
}

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