Meaning Of The Word Investigate

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Investigate? Find Investigate meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Investigate Meaning

Investigate Definition
Investigate Definition

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

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Echo sounder ‐ noun: a navigation and position-finding device…
  • Calf roping ‐ noun: a timed rodeo event in which a mounted rider…
  • Unplowed ‐ adjective; adjective: not tilled…
  • Skidpan ‐ noun: an area made slippery so that vehicle drivers…
  • Polysyllabic ‐ having several, esp. four or more, syllables…
  • Quadrominium ‐ noun: a building consisting of four individually…
  • Hoof foot ‐ noun: a termination to a leg, consisting of a…
  • Storage unit ‐ noun: a piece of furniture for storing something…
  • Fall back ‐ to give way; recede; retreat; to recede or retreat…
  • Exude ‐ to pass out in drops through pores, an incision…