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Query

A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved.

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Ask 76% connected

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enquire 76% connected

See Inquire.

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Inquire 76% connected

To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.

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Inquiring 76% connected

of Inquire

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Questioning 76% connected

of Question

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Manner of action 6

Enquire 76% connected

See Inquire.

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Examine 76% connected

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inquire 76% connected

To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by putting queries.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Interpellate 76% connected

To question imperatively, as a minister, or other executive officer, in explanation of his conduct; -- generally on the part of a legislative body.

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Pump 76% connected

A low shoe with a thin sole.

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Wonder 76% connected

That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not w…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 8

Asker 74% connected

One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Asker 74% connected

One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Interrogation 74% connected

The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Interrogation 74% connected

The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Question 74% connected

The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Question 74% connected

The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 4

Enquiry 92% connected

See Inquiry.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Inquiry 92% connected

The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Interrogation 92% connected

The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Question 92% connected

The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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