Betekenis van inquiry In het Nederlands

• 0 (the process of asking) a question:

  • I've been making inquiries about/into the cost of a round-the-world ticket.

  • formal Inquiry into the matter is pointless - no one will tell you anything.

• 1 an official process to discover the facts about something bad that has happened:

  • a judicial inquiry

  • Citizens have demanded a full inquiry into the government's handling of the epidemic.

• 2 the act of asking for information:

  • [ C ] I’ve made inquiries about the cost of a ticket.

• 3 a question or request for information about someone or something:

  • receive/get an inquiry The company has received more than 1,000 inquiries since they launched the insurance policy last month.

  • make an inquiry about sth We have received hundreds of calls from people making inquiries about availability of the product.

  • inquiries from sb A customer-relations service answers 2,000 inquiries from the public each week.

  • customer/media inquiry Please note that this number is for media inquiries only.

  • to answer/deal with/handle inquiries

  • a telephone/email inquiry

  • initial/preliminary/further inquiries

  • general/specific inquiries

• 4 the process of asking a question or asking for information about someone or something:

  • On further inquiry, the company was told that the contracts had been cancelled.

• 5 an official process to discover the facts about something, especially something bad that has happened:

  • hold/launch/open an inquiry into sth The Competitions Commission will hold an inquiry into the incident.

  • The Council has set up an independent inquiry which will show the effect of closure of the plant.

• 6 an attempt to find information that is kept electronically:

  • The database management system offers a facility for on-line update and inquiry.

• 7 a way of finding out information:

  • The company is pursuing its own lines of inquiry into the fraud.