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inquiring

I

noun

a request for information

• Syn: ↑questioning

• Derivationally related forms: ↑inquire, ↑question (for: ↑questioning)

• Hypernyms: ↑request, ↑asking

• Hyponyms:

↑challenge, ↑question, ↑inquiry, ↑enquiry, ↑query, ↑interrogation, ↑examination, ↑interrogatory

II

adjective

given to inquiry (Freq. 2)

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an inquiring mind

• Ant: ↑uninquiring

• Similar to:

↑fact-finding, ↑investigative, ↑investigatory, ↑inquisitive, ↑inquisitorial, ↑inquisitory, ↑probing, ↑searching

• See Also: ↑curious

Useful english dictionary. 2012.