inquiry | meaning in the Cambridge Essential English Dictionary

Meaning of inquiry in Essential English Dictionary

inquiry

noun
(also UK enquiry)
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/ɪnˈkwaɪəri/
 
plural inquiries
formal
a question that you ask to get information
B1 formal
a question that you ask to get information:
The company has received a lot of inquiries about its new service.
The city has received a lot of inquiries about changes to the bus routes.
an official process to try to discover the facts about something bad that has happened:
There will be an official inquiry into the train crash.

(Definition of inquiry from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of inquiry

in Chinese (Traditional)
問題, 詢問,打聽, 過程…
in Chinese (Simplified)
问题, 询问,打听, 过程…
in Spanish
consulta, investigación, pregunta [feminine…
in Portuguese
pergunta, investigação, consulta…
in more languages
in Japanese
in Turkish
in French
in Catalan
in Arabic
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Malay
in German
in Norwegian
in Korean
in Ukrainian
in Italian
in Russian
問い合わせ, (公式)調査…
araştırma, soruşturma…
demande [feminine] de renseignement, enquête [feminine], (demande de) renseignement(s)…
pregunta, consulta, investigació…
اِسْتِفْسار عَن, اِسْتِفْسار رَسْمي…
informace, (-mační), vyšetřování…
forespørgsel, informations-, undersøgelse…
penyelidikan, penyidikan…
การสอบถาม, การไต่สวน…
sự điều tra, cuộc điều tra…
zapytanie, pytanie, dochodzenie…
pertanyaan, penyiasatan…
die Erkundigung, Auskunfts-…, die Untersuchung…
forespørsel [masculine], granskning [masculine], forespørsel…
조사, 청문회…
довідка, розслідування…
richiesta d’informazioni, indagine, inchiesta…
вопрос, запрос, расследование…
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