inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"
If you inquire about something, you ask for information about it. `Is something wrong?' he enquired `Who are you?' he enquired of the first man I rang up to inquire about train times He inquired whether there had been any messages for him He was so impressed that he inquired the young shepherd's name
If you inquire into something, you investigate it carefully. Inspectors were appointed to inquire into the affairs of the company. to ask someone for information (enquerre, from inquirere, from quaerere )
conduct an inquiry or investigation of; "The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities"; "inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady"
To seek to learn anything by recourse to the proper means of knowledge; to make examination
have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"
To ask about; to seek to know by asking; to make examination or inquiry respecting