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inquires

inquires is the third-person singular simple present indicative of inquire.

Meaning of inquire

Verb

inquire (third-person singular simple present inquires, present participle inquiring, simple past and past participle inquired)

  1. (Australia, Canada, US, ambitransitive, intransitive) To ask (about something).
    • May I inquire to whom I have the honor of speaking?
  2. (ambitransitive, intransitive) To make an inquiry or an investigation.
    • Police are already inquiring into the incident.
  3. (ambitransitive, obsolete, transitive) To call; to name.
    • Canute had his portion from the rest, The which he cald Canutium, for his hyre, Now Cantium, which Kent we commenly inquire.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 12

Phrases with inquires

Questions about inquires

What is inquires the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Inquires is the third-person singular simple present indicative of inquire.

Words near inquires in the dictionary

  1. inquirendo
  2. inquirent
  3. inquirents
  4. inquirer
  5. inquirers
  6. inquires
  7. inquires after
  8. inquires of
  9. inquiries
  10. inquiring
  11. inquiring after

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