Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inquiring

/ɪnˈkwaɪɹɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: in-quir-ing
IPA: /ɪnˈkwaɪɹɪŋ/

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of inquire

noun

adj

Example Sentences

"What need you trouble with vain inquirings / The surly gods or your own ignorant spirit?"
"[…] these are the results of Herodotus' factual inquirings, the accurate information, the right account, which he acquired about some matters of importance to himself and to his audience and about which conflicting accounts have been given."
"When pressed for an explanation, he was inclined to use the word "Symbolic" in a manner extremely confusing to the inquiring lay mind."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪnˈkwaɪɹɪŋ/
British English: /ɪnˈkwaɪəɹɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

inquirings (plural) more inquiring (comparative) most inquiring (superlative)

Synonyms

questioning

Antonyms

uninquiring

Rhymes With

requiring desiring rewiring transpiring spiering firing hiring inspiring acquiring retiring aspiring wiring

Questions

How do you pronounce inquiring?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈkwaɪɹɪŋ/.
What does inquiring mean?: present participle and gerund of inquire

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