Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enquiring

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables: en-quir-ing
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of enquire

noun

An instance of making an enquiry; an asking.

adj

Curious, inquisitive or investigative.

Example Sentences

"We are thankful for what God has already wrought; for those thousands who now acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ; […] for the earnest enquirings after true religion which are found in some; […]"

Inflected Forms

inquiring (alternative) enquirings (plural) more enquiring (comparative) most enquiring (superlative)

Derived Forms

unenquiring

Rhymes With

firing hiring requiring inspiring acquiring retiring aspiring wiring tiring admiring conspiring expiring

Questions

What does enquiring mean?: present participle and gerund of enquire

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