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inquiry
【noun】
1. [countable]
尋ねること、問い合わせ、質問、問診、引き合い
a question you ask in order to get information
:Any inquiries concerning our company may be sent to ABC Bank.(英)
:inquiry about(L)
:We're getting a lot of inquiries about our new London-Rio service.(L)
:inquiry from(L)
:inquiries from potential applicants(L)
:I don't know who sent the gift, but I'll make some inquiries.(L)
:help the police with their inquiries British English (=to answer questions about a crime)(L)
:receive/get an inquiry (C)
:The company has received more than 1,000 inquiries since they launched the insurance policy last month.(C)
:make an inquiry about sth We have received hundreds of calls from people making inquiries about availability of the product.(C)
:inquiries from sb (C)
:A customer-relations service answers 2,000 inquiries from the public each week.(C)
:customer/media inquiry (C)
:Please note that this number is for media inquiries only.(C)
:to answer/deal with/handle inquiries(C)
:a telephone/email inquiry(C)
:initial/preliminary/further inquiries(C)
:general/specific inquiries(C)

●Washington Post:February 3, 2013
Arthur Ashe auction will include items from public and private life of late tennis pioneer
Moutoussamy-Ashe said she had received several inquiries from auction houses in the past.


●New York Times:December 18, 2012
Once Proudly Web Only, Shopping Sites Hang Out Real Shingles
Faith Hope Consolo, a Manhattan retail real estate broker, said she was seeing more inquiries from online-only retailers about opening shops, particularly in smaller spaces.


2 [uncountable]
〔情報の〕探求
the act or process of asking questions in order to get information(L)
:On further inquiry, it emerged that Malcolm had not been involved in the incident.(L)
:The local council set up a committee of inquiry to look into policing arrangements.(L)
:scientific/intellectual inquiry(L)
:On further inquiry, the company was told that the contracts had been cancelled.(C)

●Japan Times:NOV 6, 2011
Words for all seasons
The author’s career in international banking, combined with wanderlust and intellectual inquiry, find his poems set in the cosmopolitan worlds of Venice, Sydney, Kyoto, Beverly Hills, or at the tables of the Bistro Josephine in the rue du Cherche-Midi.



3 [countable]
〔公の〕取り調べ、調査、審問、審理
an official process to find out about something
:There was a public inquiry into the drinking water problem. (英)
:inquiry into(L)
:a judicial inquiry into the deaths(L)
:launch/set up/hold an inquiry (into something)(L)
:The Civil Aviation Authority has agreed to hold an inquiry into the accident.(L)
:The police have launched a murder inquiry.(L)
:Parents have called for an independent inquiry into the accident.(L)
:The Competitions Commission will hold an inquiry into the incident.(C)
:The Council has set up an independent inquiry which will show the effect of closure of the plant.(C)

●BBC:7 February 2013
Stafford Hospital: Robert Francis QC to meet families
Five other hospitals in England are to be investigated following the inquiry.
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Mr Francis chaired a public inquiry last year and also chaired an independent inquiry in 2009 and 2010, after which he had concluded that patients were "routinely neglected" while the trust was preoccupied with cost-cutting and targets.
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In response to the inquiry, Prime Minister David Cameron apologised for the "truly dreadful" mistreatment and neglect, and announced that five other hospitals with persistently high death rates would be investigated.


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