inquiring

Other forms of inquiring

plural

inquirings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about inquiring

What does inquiring mean?

inquiring means "a request for information". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inquiring?

inquiring has 4 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈkwaɪɚɪŋ/.

What is another word for inquiring?

Close synonyms include questioning. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of inquiring?

The recorded antonyms are uninquiring.

Is inquiring a common word?

inquiring is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.