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Definition of Inquiry
Inquiry

The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

Search for truth, information, or knoledge; examination into facts or principles; research; invextigation; as, physical inquiries.

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Inquiry Quotations

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.
Aristotle

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.
Thomas Jefferson

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.
Thomas Jefferson

Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.
Ambrose Bierce

Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.
Benjamin Jowett

Inquiry Translations

inquiry in Finnish is kysely
inquiry in German is Abfrage {f}, Abfrage, Anfrage {f}, Erkundigung
inquiry in Italian is informazione, richiesta, richiesta, inchiesta
inquiry in Latin is consulatio, interrogatio


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