Meaning of INQUIRING
| Pronunciation: | | in'kwIring
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- [n] a request for information
- [adj] given to inquiry; "an inquiring mind"
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| | Synonyms: | | fact-finding, inquisitive, inquisitorial, inquisitory, investigative, investigatory, probing, questioning, searching |
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| | Antonyms: | | uninquiring, uninquisitive | | |
| | See Also: | | asking, challenge, curious, enquiry, examination, inquiry, interrogation, query, question, request | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*quir"ing\, a.
Given to inquiry; disposed to investigate causes; curious;
as, an inquiring mind.
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| | Related Terms: | | agape, agog, all agog, analysis, asking, bringing into question, burning with curiosity, catechetical method, catechistic, catechization, catechizing, challenge, consumed with curiosity, curious, dispute, examination, ghoulish, gossipy, inquest, inquirendo, inquiring mind, inquiry, inquisition, inquisitional, inquisitive, inquisitorial, interested, interpellation, interrogation, interrogational, interrogative, interrogatory, investigative, itchy, morbid, morbidly curious, open-eyed, openmouthed, overcurious, probing, prurient, pumping, querying, questioning, quiz, quizzical, quizzing, scopophiliac, seeking, Socratic method, supercurious, voyeuristic |
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