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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

inquiring en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /ɪnˈkwaɪɹɪŋ/ (General-American)
  • /ɪnˈkwaɪəɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. inquisitive
    • When pressed for an explanation, he was inclined to use the word "Symbolic" in a manner extremely confusing to the inquiring lay mind. 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 150:

Forms

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more inquiring Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most inquiring Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

uninquiring

Translations (1)

bg изпитателен (inquisitive)

inquiring en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ɪnˈkwaɪɹɪŋ/ (General-American)
  • /ɪnˈkwaɪəɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. inquiry
    • What need you trouble with vain inquirings / The surly gods or your own ignorant spirit? 1923, The London Mercury, volume 8, page 468:
    • […] these are the results of Herodotus' factual inquirings, the accurate information, the right account, which he acquired about some matters of importance to himself and to his audience and about which conflicting accounts have been given. 2003, Gerald A. Press, Development of the Idea of History in Antiquity, page 31:

Forms

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inquirings Number=Plur lexicographic

inquiring en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ɪnˈkwaɪɹɪŋ/ (General-American)
  • /ɪnˈkwaɪəɹɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of inquire
    form of inquire