Meaning Of The Word Investigate

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What's The Definition Of Investigate?

investigate
verb: If someone, especially an official, investigates an event, situation, or claim, they try to find out what happened or what is the truth.

investigate in American English
to make an investigation
to search into so as to learn the facts; inquire into systematically
intransitive verb: to make inquiry, examination, or investigation
transitive verb: to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail

investigate in British English
verb: to inquire into (a situation or problem, esp a crime or death) thoroughly; examine systematically, esp in order to discover the truth

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