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inquire afterverb(transitive) To ask about the health of (someone).
enquire afterverbBritish form of inquire after. [(transitive) To ask about the health of (someone).]
check up onverbTo look after or inquire about someone's well-being.
inquire ofverb(transitive, US) To ask.
enquireverbBritish English form of inquire. [(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something).]
querynounA question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
examineverbTo observe or inspect carefully or critically.
check inverbTo announce or record one's own arrival at a hotel, airport etc.
questionnounA worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
inquireverb(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something).
find outverb(transitive, idiomatic) To discover, as by asking or investigating.
requestnounA formal message requesting something.
look in onverbTo check that (someone or something) is okay or that a process is continuing appropriately; to check up on; to monitor (someone) through brief, often surreptitious checks.
consultverb(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.
keep someone postedverb(idiomatic) To inform (someone) regularly of the latest developments.
requireverbNaturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
hearkenverb(intransitive) To listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, compliance, or obedience.
see aboutverbTo take care of; to attend to; to check up on.
reinquireverbTo inquire again.
reach outverb(intransitive) To ask for help.

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