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Definition of Inquiring
1. Adjective. Given to inquiry. "An inquiring mind"
Similar to: Fact-finding, Investigative, Investigatory, Inquisitive, Inquisitorial, Inquisitorial, Inquisitory, Probing, Searching
Antonyms: Uninquiring
2. Noun. A request for information.
Generic synonyms: Asking, Request
Specialized synonyms: Challenge, Enquiry, Inquiry, Interrogation, Query, Question, Examination, Interrogation, Interrogatory
Derivative terms: Inquire, Inquire, Question, Question
Definition of Inquiring
1. a. Given to inquiry; disposed to investigate causes; curious; as, an inquiring mind.
Definition of Inquiring
1. Verb. (present participle of inquire) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inquiring
1. inquire [v] - See also: inquire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inquiring
Literary usage of Inquiring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1909)
"cussion, they would declare that some of them are seen to be worthless, and the
majority utterly depraved; thereupon we, inquiring into the cause of that ..."
2. Movements of Religious Thought in Britain During the Nineteenth Century by John Tulloch (1885)
"The Confessions of an inquiring Spirit were not published till six years after his
... The Confessions of an inquiring Spirit were of course merely one ..."
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