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PRONUNCIATION OF PUBLIC INQUIRY

public inquiry  [ˈpʌblɪk ɪnˈkwaɪərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUBLIC INQUIRY

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conjunction
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Public inquiry is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PUBLIC INQUIRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Public inquiry

A tribunal of inquiry is an official review of events or actions ordered by a government body in Common Law countries such as the United Kingdom, Ireland or Canada. Such a public inquiry differs from a Royal Commission in that a public inquiry accepts evidence and conducts its hearings in a more public forum and focuses on a more specific occurrence. Interested members of the public and organisations may not only make evidential submissions as is the case with most inquiries, but also listen to oral evidence given by other parties. Typical events for a public inquiry are those that cause multiple deaths, such as public transport crashes or mass murders. However, in the UK, the Planning Inspectorate, an agency of the Department for Communities and Local Government, routinely holds public inquiries into a range of major and lesser land use developments, including highways and other transport proposals. Advocacy groups and opposition political parties are likely to ask for public inquiries for all manner of issues. The government of the day typically only accedes to a fraction of these requests.

Definition of public inquiry in the English dictionary

The definition of public inquiry in the dictionary is an official enquiry, usually into a serious accident or other disaster, or into planning applications. Interested parties can attend, and contribute.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUBLIC INQUIRY


aiery
ˈaɪərɪ
briary
ˈbraɪərɪ
briery
ˈbraɪərɪ
diary
ˈdaɪərɪ
enquiry
ɪnˈkwaɪərɪ
expiry
ɪkˈspaɪərɪ
fiery
ˈfaɪərɪ
firie
ˈfaɪərɪ
friary
ˈfraɪərɪ
inquiry
ɪnˈkwaɪərɪ
lire
ˈlɪərɪ
miry
ˈmaɪərɪ
perspiry
pəˈspaɪərɪ
praemunire
ˌpriːmjʊˈnaɪərɪ
priory
ˈpraɪərɪ
quagmiry
ˈkwæɡˌmaɪərɪ
query
ˈkwɪərɪ
spiry
ˈspaɪərɪ
unmiry
ʌnˈmaɪərɪ
wiry
ˈwaɪərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUBLIC INQUIRY

public footpath
public gallery
public goods
public health
public health inspector
Public Health Service
public holiday
public house
public housing
public housing project
public lavatory
public law
Public Lending Right
public library
public limited company
public medicine
public money
public nuisance
public opinion
public opinion poll

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUBLIC INQUIRY

airy
airy-fairy
board of inquiry
camstairy
commission of inquiry
committee of inquiry
court of inquiry
dairy
fairy
glairy
hairy
judicial enquiry
judicial inquiry
lairy
non-dairy
parliamentary inquiry
public enquiry
tooth fairy
triumviry
vairy

Synonyms and antonyms of public inquiry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «public inquiry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUBLIC INQUIRY

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

Translator English - Chinese

公众查询
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

investigación pública
570 millions of speakers

English

public inquiry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सार्वजनिक जांच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تحقيق علني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

общественный запрос
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inquérito público
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাবলিক তদন্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

enquête publique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Siasatan awam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

öffentliche Untersuchung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

公的な取り調べ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공개 문의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inquiry umum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điều tra công khai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொது விசாரணை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सार्वजनिक चौकशी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kamuoyu soruşturması
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inchiesta pubblica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

badanie opinii publicznej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

суспільний запит
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

anchetă publică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δημόσια έρευνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

openbare ondersoek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

offentlig utredning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

høring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of public inquiry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUBLIC INQUIRY»

The term «public inquiry» is regularly used and occupies the 106.991 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUBLIC INQUIRY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «public inquiry» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «public inquiry» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUBLIC INQUIRY»

Discover the use of public inquiry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to public inquiry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Private Charity and Public Inquiry: A History of the Filer ...
Private Charity and Public Inquiry A History of the Filer and Peterson Commissions Eleanor L. Brilliant The story of two commissions that had a major impact on philanthropic activity and public policy.
Eleanor L. Brilliant, 2001
2
Public Inquiries
Bringing together their wealth of practical experience, this new work functions as a complete handbook for all practitioners in this field.
Jason Beer, James Dingemans, Richard Lissack, 2011
3
The Baha Mousa Public Inquiry report
The terms of reference for this inquiry were to investigate and report on the circumstances surrounding the death of Baha Mousa and the treatment of those detained with him.
Baha Mousa Public Inquiry, 2011
4
Social Work on Trial: The Colwell Inquiry and the State of ...
This book describes the local and national politics, professional concerns and public interest that surrounded the inquiry following the death of Maria Colwell in 1973.
Ian Butler, Mark Drakeford, 2012
5
The Arctic: choices for peace and security : proceedings of ...
Speakers from five circumpolar countries discuss about the needs and aspirations of the native peoples of the arctic, Canadian arctic sovereignty, arctic resource development and environmental conservation, political tension and cooperation ...
Thomas R. Berger, True North Strong and Free Inquiry Society, 1989
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New Scientist
Thus the report The Big Public Inquiry from the Council for Science and Society and the Outer Circle Policy Unit, published two weeks ago, is timely indeed. The working party that wrote the report consisted of Windscale veterans, experienced  ...
7
The Age of the Inquiry: Learning and Blaming in Health and ...
Membership will of course vary according to the inquiry's remit. However, some surprising formats have appeared in the past. The so-called 'Profumo' affair, which one would have thought might have called for a full-scale 'public inquiry' was in ...
Nicky Stanley, Jill Manthorpe, 2004
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Inquiry And Education: John Dewey And the Quest for Democracy
Such is to block the road of inquiry, as it blocks the investigation into the real problems of the public. Inquiry beholden to a few experts and applied in a decidedly presumptuous fashion, is not inquiry at all. Rather, it is dogma. The concerns ...
James Scott Johnston
9
Exploring Sport & Leisure Disasters
There were many supporters for a full public inquiry from many ofthe survivors and relatives of those who died and their representatives In contrast the owners ofthe Bowbelle and representatives of the late skipper and mate of the Marchioness ...
Hazel Hartley, 2001
10
Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public ...
This public inquiry report into serious failings in healthcare that took place at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust builds on the first independent report published in February 2010 (ISBN 9780102964394).
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUBLIC INQUIRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term public inquiry is used in the context of the following news items.
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Opening public inquiry, judge says scale of child sexual abuse has …
Justice Lowell Goddard opened a public inquiry into decades of abuse on Thursday July 9, 2015, vowing that "no one, no matter how apparently powerful, will ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
2
BC Mountie gets prison time for lying at public inquiry into …
VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Mountie convicted of lying to a public inquiry into the death of a Polish immigrant has been sentenced to two and a half ... «Vancouver Sun, Jun 15»
3
Hillsborough families support call for public inquiry into policing at …
The families of people killed at Hillsborough have thrown their weight behind calls for an official public inquiry into alleged police misconduct at Orgreave during ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
4
Alexander Litvinenko murder suspect to cooperate with public inquiry
Dmitry Kovtun has acknowledged meeting Alexander Litvinenko in London but denies any involvement in his death. Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
5
What is the Penrose Inquiry?
Decades later, and after years of campaigning, the Scottish government announced that it would hold a public inquiry into what went wrong, and who was ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
6
Monty Robinson Lied At Robert Dziekanski Public Inquiry: B.C. Judge
The Crown alleged the four officers colluded on a story to tell homicide investigators and then lied at the public inquiry to explain why their initial accounts ... «Huffington Post Canada, Mar 15»
7
Lynette White: Corruption trial collapse public inquiry call
Mr Paris told BBC Wales: "I'm hoping it's a public inquiry so we can all know the results at the end of it all rather than one of those internal ones that you never ... «BBC News, Feb 15»
8
Grieving daughter backs calls for public inquiry over domestic violence
There needs to be a public inquiry into what is going wrong. ... called on people to sign the charity's petition urging the government to open a public inquiry. «The Guardian, Feb 15»
9
Alexander Litvinenko's widow reveals she hasn't spoken to spy's …
The public inquiry has replaced an inquest into the 43-year-old's death so chairman Sir Robert Owen can fully investigate whether the Russian state was behind ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
10
Alexander Litvinenko public inquiry: Recap updates from day 2
The second day of a long-awaited public inquiry into the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko will take place today. The former KGB agent died in ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Public inquiry [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/public-inquiry>. Apr 2024 ».
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