Investigate
11investigate — in|ves|ti|gate [ ın vestı,geıt ] verb *** intransitive or transitive to try to find out the facts about something in order to learn the truth about it: We sent a reporter to investigate the rumor. All complaints from our customers are… …
12investigate — 01. Firefighters are [investigating] a mysterious fire which broke out at a local high school overnight. 02. The story of the political scandal was first revealed by an [investigative] reporter for the New York Times. 03. The murder case is still …
13investigate — verb ( gated; gating) Etymology: Latin investigatus, past participle of investigare to track, investigate, from in + vestigium footprint, track Date: circa 1510 transitive verb to observe or study by close examination and systematic inquiry… …
14investigate — verb /ɪnˈves.tɪ.ɡeɪt/ a) To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information. Why dont you investigate? he demanded. And investigate I did. b) To examine, look into, or scrutinize in order to …
15investigate — [16] To investigate something is etymologically to look for traces, or ‘vestiges’, of it. The word comes from Latin investīgāre ‘search into’, a compound verb based on vestīgāre ‘track, trace’. This in turn was a derivative of vestīgium… …
16investigate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. inquire, examine, question; search, probe. See inquiry. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. inquire into, look into, review; see examine 1 , study 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. look into, inquire,… …
17investigate*/*/ — [ɪnˈvestɪˌgeɪt] verb [I/T] to try to find out all the facts about something in order to learn the truth about it We sent a reporter to investigate the rumour.[/ex] Customer ‘complaints are investigated quickly and efficiently.[/ex] The research… …
18investigate — in|ves|ti|gate W2 [ınˈvestıgeıt] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of investigare to follow the track of , from vestigium track ] 1.) [I and T] to try to find out the truth about or the cause of something such as a crime,… …
19investigate — to create, exaggerate, exploit, or distort (the account of an event) The perpetrator calls it an enquiry: What d you mean smear? Have it your way investigate, if you prefer. Just so you keep on digging until something starts to smell.… …
20investigate — in•ves•ti•gate [[t]ɪnˈvɛs tɪˌgeɪt[/t]] v. gat•ed, gat•ing 1) to search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail 2) to examine the particulars of so as to learn about something hidden, unique, or complex, esp. in an attempt to find a… …
