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inquiring after

inquiring after is the present participle and gerund of inquire after.

Meaning of inquire after

Verb

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

  1. (US, transitive) To ask about the health of (someone).

Questions about inquiring after

What is inquiring after the present participle and gerund of?
Inquiring after is the present participle and gerund of inquire after.

Words near inquiring after in the dictionary

  1. inquires
  2. inquires after
  3. inquires of
  4. inquiries
  5. inquiring
  6. inquiring after
  7. inquiring of
  8. inquiringly
  9. inquirings
  10. inquirist
  11. inquirists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inquiring after (page history and authors); inquire after (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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