enquiry

[US]/ɪnˈkwaɪəri/
[UK]/ɪnˈkwaɪəri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. inquiry
Word Forms
Pluralenquiries

Phrases & Collocations

make an enquiry

submit an enquiry

customer enquiry

answer an enquiry

intellectual enquiry

enquiry form

Example Sentences

holding a public enquiry into the scheme was not expedient.

re your enquiry of the 19th October

Thank you for your enquiry / enquiries about my health.

A major enquiry is underway after the death of a union official.

in the meantime I'll make some enquiries of my own.

he made enquiries with regard to Beth.

The enquiry must be independently conducted.

The library routinely handles a wide variety of enquiries.

I told him he was obstructing the enquiry and he let me continue.

the police were making enquiries in all the neighbouring pubs.

enquiries are always preconditioned by cultural assumptions.

The committee brushed off his enquiries with meaningless promises.

the system does not encourage additional enquiries on detailed and pernickety points.

he received fifty enquiries after advertising the job.

No matter how unwelcome the results of the enquiry may be, they must not be swept under the carpet.

With respect to your enquiry about the new pension scheme, I have pleasure in enclosing our leaflet.

I should make a few discreet enquiries about the firm before you sign anything.

Adopt Coactive value-based product development initiative as the framework for advancing products from initial customer enquiry through to mass production.

You have to remember and safekeep your registered username and password for future enquiry regarding your application status.

Real-world Examples

I want to make an enquiry about train times.

Source: IELTS vocabulary example sentences

Here it is. Could I make a balance enquiry, please?

Source: Banking Situational Conversation

They'd have to have another leak enquiry.

Source: Yes, Minister Season 3

They won't really set up an enquiry, will they?

Source: Yes, Minister Season 3

I've only made a few enquiries but, no, there's not much to alarm you.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 1

You may be surprized that during this time I made no enquiries after your Sister.

Source: Monk (Part 1)

While I am making these enquiries, you, Gwendolen, will wait for me below in the carriage.

Source: Oxford Shanghai Edition High School English Senior Year Volume 1

Expensive, but very effective - lots of enquiries.

Source: BEC Preliminary Listening Test Questions (Volume 3)

We do believe in open enquiries, don't we?

Source: Yes, Minister Season 1

You should therefore consider yourself suspended from school pending further enquiries.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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