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The most important thing I think teachers can do for young people is to make them inquiring, is to ensure that they know how to gather information, that they check information and they take their information from a multiplicity of sources.
David Puttnam

Meaning of "inquiring" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INQUIRING

inquiring  [ɪnˈkwaɪərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INQUIRING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inquiring is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INQUIRING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of inquiring in the English dictionary

The definition of inquiring in the dictionary is seeking or tending to seek answers, information, etc.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INQUIRING


admiring
ədˈmaɪərɪŋ
aspiring
əˈspaɪərɪŋ
biscuit-firing
ˈbɪskɪtˌfaɪərɪŋ
conspiring
kənˈspaɪərɪŋ
engineering
ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
firing
ˈfaɪərɪŋ
hearing
ˈhɪərɪŋ
inspiring
ɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ
perspiring
pəˈspaɪərɪŋ
quick-firing
ˈkwɪkˌfaɪərɪŋ
retiring
rɪˈtaɪərɪŋ
rewiring
ˌriːˈwaɪərɪŋ
tiring
ˈtaɪərɪŋ
unadmiring
ˌʌnədˈmaɪərɪŋ
unaspiring
ˌʌnəˈspaɪərɪŋ
undesiring
ˌʌndɪˈzaɪərɪŋ
unenquiring
ˌʌnɪnˈkwaɪərɪŋ
uninquiring
ˌʌnɪnˈkwaɪərɪŋ
uninspiring
ˌʌnɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ
wiring
ˈwaɪərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INQUIRING

inquilinism
inquilinity
inquilinous
inquinate
inquination
inquiration
inquire
inquirendo
inquirer
inquiries
inquiringly
inquiry
inquiry agent
inquiry desk
inquiry office
inquisition
inquisitional
inquisitionist
inquisitive
inquisitively

WORDS THAT END LIKE INQUIRING

airing
awe-inspiring
base pairing
bring
catering
considering
despairing
during
electric wiring
fairing
hiring
manufacturing
monitoring
offering
pairing
photo-sharing
prehiring
shoe repairing
undespairing
untiring

Synonyms and antonyms of inquiring in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INQUIRING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «inquiring» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of inquiring

Translation of «inquiring» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INQUIRING

Find out the translation of inquiring to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of inquiring from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inquiring» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

爱探索的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inquieto
570 millions of speakers

English

inquiring
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पूछताछ करने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاستفسار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вопросительно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inquiridor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জিজ্ঞাসু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

curieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bertanya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

forschend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

探究心旺盛な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

탐구하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inquiring
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hỏi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விசாரிக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चौकशी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

soran
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

curioso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dociekliwy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

запитально
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

întrebător
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ερευνητικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

navraag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inquiring
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spør
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inquiring

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INQUIRING»

The term «inquiring» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.367 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INQUIRING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inquiring

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10 QUOTES WITH «INQUIRING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word inquiring.
1
David Josiah Brewer
The time has passed in the history of the world when anything is too sacred to be touched, when anything is beyond the reach of the inquiring and scientific spear.
2
William Kingdon Clifford
The danger to society is not merely that it should believe wrong things, though that is great enough; but that it should become credulous, and lose the habit of testing things and inquiring into them; for then it must sink back into savagery.
3
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Wolves and women are relational by nature, inquiring, possessed of great endurance and strength. They are deeply intuitive, intensely concerned with their young, their mate and their pack. Yet both have been hounded, harassed and falsely imputed to be devouring and devious, overly aggressive, of less value than those who are their detractors.
4
Felix Frankfurter
The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.
5
Thabo Mbeki
Science is always inquiring.
6
Rupert Murdoch
So long as I can stay mentally alert - inquiring, curious - I want to keep going. I love my wife and my children, but I don't want to sit around at home with them. We go on safaris and things like that. I can do that for a couple of weeks a year. I'm just not ready to stop, to die.
7
Charles Sanders Peirce
It will sometimes strike a scientific man that the philosophers have been less intent on finding out what the facts are, than on inquiring what belief is most in harmony with their system.
8
David Puttnam
The most important thing I think teachers can do for young people is to make them inquiring, is to ensure that they know how to gather information, that they check information and they take their information from a multiplicity of sources.
9
Hassan Rouhani
I'll tell you that when an innocent person is killed, we never go about asking or inquiring whether they were Jewish or Christian or Muslim. That's not our way or creed.
10
Joseph Stiglitz
Certainly, the poverty, the discrimination, the episodic unemployment could not but strike an inquiring youngster: why did these exist, and what could we do about them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INQUIRING»

Discover the use of inquiring in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inquiring and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Inquiring Mind: On Intellectual Virtues and Virtue ...
Jason Baehr presents a new theory of 'responsibilist' or character-based virtue-epistemology -- an approach in which intellectual character traits are given a central and fundamental role.
Jason Baehr, Jason S. Baehr, 2011
2
Inquiring Man: Theory of Personal Constructs
A completely revised and updated edition of the classic introduction to Kelly's theory of Personal Constructs.
Donald Bannister, Fay Fransella, 2013
3
Inquiring about God: Volume 1, Selected Essays
Inquiring about God is the first of two volumes of Nicholas Wolterstorff's collected papers. This volume collects Wolterstorff's essays on the philosophy of religion written over the last thirty-five years.
Nicholas Wolterstorff, Terence Cuneo, 2010
4
The Inquiring Organization: Tacit Knowledge, Conversation, ...
That is true knowledge creation, and this book provides the tools, skills, techniques, and processes for executives and professionals in any field to accomplish this task in today's fluid environment.
Catherine Kano Kikoski, John F. Kikoski, 2004
5
Inquiring Safely: A Guide for Middle School Teachers
Like Exploring Safely: A Guide for Elementary Teachers, this essential book emphasizes a preventive approach to an up-to-date range of potential hazards.
Terry Kwan, Juliana Texley, 2003
6
Inquiring Organizations: Moving from Knowledge Management to ...
Inquiring Organizations: Moving from Knowledge Management to Wisdom assembles into one volume a comprehensive collection of the key current thinking regarding the use of C. West Churchman's Design of Inquiring Systems as a basis for ...
James Forrest Courtney, John Digby Haynes, David B. Paradice, 2005
7
Inquiring of Joseph: Getting to Know a Biblical Character ...
In Inquiring of Joseph, John Kaltner shows there's more than one way to tell this story--and both are worth reading. Inquiring of Joseph puts the biblical Joseph in conversation with his Qur'anic self.
John Kaltner, 2003
8
Questions of Faith for Inquiring Believers
This is an excellent resource for new member classes, adult Sunday school curriculum, a sermon series, or for personal investigation into understanding the Bible and the faith.
R. Robert Cueni, 2001
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The History of a Penitent. A Guide for the Inquiring: in a ...
PREFACE. . ._¢__ Tins little book has not been printed, because there is any lack of better treatises, having a similar aim; but, as, when many preachers discourse upon the same text, God often blesses a weaker sermon where a stronger has ...
George Washington BETHUNE, 1848
10
The design of inquiring systems: basic concepts of systems ...
Relates the principles of operation research and systems engineering to the philosophical systems of Leibniz, Locke, Kant, Hegel, and Singer
Charles West Churchman, 1971

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INQUIRING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inquiring is used in the context of the following news items.
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Inquiring Minds: Singin' cowboys | Lillie Suburban Newspapers …
Each week the staff at the Roseville Library answers more than 2,500 questions on every subject under the sun. Here are some of the most ... «Lillie News, Jul 15»
2
These Revealing Photos Of Wounded Veterans Are Inspiring Others …
Many of his photographs are removed, then put back up without explanation, telling any inquiring news outlets that it was a mistake. Then the ... «BuzzFeed News, Jul 15»
3
The quality of mercy: Michael Gove's thoughtful remarks on prisons …
Mr Gove, by contrast, has brought an inquiring mind and humane instincts to this sensitive job. Though tactfully avoiding overt criticism of his ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
4
Alliance man charged in thefts, burglaries - Star-Herald
A short time later, the owner of the account, the real Clifford W. Miller, came into the bank inquiring about the cash withdrawal. On July 10, a ... «Scottsbluff Star Herald, Jul 15»
5
Director of New Lenox Animal Rescue 'Heartbroken' Over Claims of …
In the days since the social media post, Hawk has been bombarded with phone calls, some inquiring if the accusations were true, others ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
6
Cincinnati Bengals' A.J. Hawk blasts willing fan on golf course again …
But when camera crews from NBC started coming to the group's perch around the seventh hole inquiring about whether Heaps wanted to be ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
7
Roller coaster week ends with former Hoover star Dom Iero …
And teams from UConn and Stony Brook in the Northeast to Southeast Missouri State and Belmont University in Tennessee were inquiring ... «Massillon Independent, Jul 15»
8
Yankees potential trade target: Scott Kazmir - Pinstripe Alley
But the arm trouble is understandably going to scare any inquiring GM who needs a boost in the rotation for the home stretch of the season. «Pinstripe Alley, Jul 15»
9
Hanover manager search: Committee narrows applicant pool …
"Whether they are the 'Common Sense Five' or people that are just inquiring minds, that's fine." Additional opinions, however, could make a ... «Evening Sun, Jul 15»
10
Washington Nationals Rumors: More chatter about Nats searching …
In inquiring as to Chapman's availability, are the Nats thinking of going the same route the New York Yankees did at the start of the season with ... «Federal Baseball, Jul 15»

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