inquiry
noun
1 inquiry
A search for knowledge.
synonyms: enquiry, research.
Roget 539:
learning;
acquisition of knowledge
etc.
490,
acquisition of skill
etc.
698;
acquirement,
attainment;
edification,
scholarship,
erudition;
acquired knowledge,
lore,
wide information;
self-instruction;
study,
reading,
perusal;
inquiry
etc.
451.
apprenticeship,
prenticeship†;
pupilage,
pupilarity†;
tutelage,
novitiate,
matriculation.
docility
etc.
(willingness)
602;
aptitude
etc.
698.
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Roget 476:
reasoning ratiocination rationalism;
dialectics,
induction,
generalization.
discussion,
comment;
ventilation;
inquiry
etc.
461.
argumentation,
controversy,
debate;
polemics,
wrangling;
contention
etc.
720;
logomachy†;
disputation,
disceptation†;
paper war.
art of reasoning,
logic.
process of reasoning,
train of reasoning,
chain of reasoning;
deduction,
induction,
abduction;
synthesis,
analysis.
argument;
case,
plaidoyer†,
opening;
lemma,
proposition,
terms,
premises,
postulate,
data,
starting point,
principle;
inference
etc.
(judgment)
480.
prosyllogism†,
syllogism;
enthymeme†,
sorites†,
dilemma,
perilepsis†,
a priori reasoning,
reductio ad absurdum,
horns of a dilemma,
argumentum ad hominem [Lat.],
comprehensive argument;
empirema†,
epagoge†.
[person who reasons]
reasoner,
logician,
dialectician;
disputant;
controversialist,
controvertist†;
wrangler,
arguer,
debater polemic,
casuist,
rationalist;
scientist;
eristic†.
logical sequence;
good case;
correct just reasoning,
sound reasoning,
valid reasoning,
cogent reasoning,
logical reasoning,
forcible reasoning,
persuasive reasoning,
persuasory reasoning†,
consectary reasoning†,
conclusive
etc.
478;
subtle reasoning;
force of argument,
strong point,
strong argument,
persuasive argument.
arguments,
reasons,
pros and cons.
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Polish: studia, dociekania
2 inquiry
An instance of questioning.
synonyms: enquiry, interrogation, query, question.
Roget 461:
inquiry;
request
etc.
765;
search,
research,
quest,
pursuit
etc.
622.
examination,
review,
scrutiny,
investigation,
indagation†;
perquisition†,
perscrutation†,
pervestigation†;
inquest,
inquisition;
exploration;
exploitation,
ventilation.
sifting;
calculation,
analysis,
dissection,
resolution,
induction;
Baconian method†.
strict inquiry,
close inquiry,
searching inquiry,
exhaustive inquiry;
narrow search,
strict search;
study
etc.
(consideration)
451.
scire facias [Lat.],
ad referendum;
trial.
questioning
etc.
v.;
interrogation,
interrogatory;
interpellation;
challenge,
examination,
cross-examination,
catechism;
feeler,
Socratic method,
zetetic philosophy†;
leading question;
discussion
etc.
(reasoning)
476.
reconnoitering,
reconnaissance;
prying
etc.
v.;
espionage,
espionnage [Fr.];
domiciliary visit,
peep behind the curtain;
lantern of Diogenes.
question,
query,
problem,
desideratum,
point to be solved,
porism†;
subject of inquiry,
field of inquiry,
subject of controversy;
point in dispute,
matter in dispute;
moot point;
issue,
question at issue;
bone of contention
etc.
(discord)
713;
plain question,
fair question,
open question;
enigma
etc.
(secret)
533;
knotty point
etc.
(difficulty)
704;
quodlibet;
threshold of an inquiry.
[person who questions]
inquirer,
investigator,
inquisitor,
inspector,
querist†,
examiner,
catechist;
scrutator scrutineer scrutinizer†;
analyst;
quidnunc [Lat.]
etc.
(curiosity)
455.
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Dutch: verzoek, vraag, nasporing, onderzoek, vragen, navraag
Polish: spytanie, zadanie pytania, zapytanie, nagabnięcie, zapytanie się, zwrócenie się z pytaniem, spytanie się, zagabnięcie
3 inquiry
A systematic investigation of a matter of public interest.
synonym: enquiry.
Dutch: onderzoek, enquête, inquisitie, navraag
adjective
Roget 461:
inquiry
etc.
v.;
inquisitive
etc.
(curious)
455;
requisitive†,
requisitory†;
catechetical†,
inquisitorial,
analytic;
in search of,
in quest of;
on the lookout for,
interrogative,
zetetic†;
all searching.
undetermined,
untried,
undecided;
in question,
in dispute,
in issue,
in course of inquiry;
under discussion,
under consideration,
under investigation
etc.
n.;
sub judice [Lat.],
moot,
proposed;
doubtful
etc.
(uncertain)
475.
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