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• investigate — in‧ves‧ti‧gate [ɪnˈvestgeɪt] verb [intransitive, transitive] to try to discover the truth about a crime, accident etc: • The fraud office is investigating allegations of insider trading by a former employee of the firm. investigation noun… …   Financial and business terms

• Investigate (New Zealand) — Infobox Magazine title =Investigate image size =200px image caption =The cover of the October 2006 issue of Investigate . editor =Ian Wishart editor title =Editor frequency =Monthly circulation=67,000cite web|url=http://www.nielsenmedia.co.nz/MRI …   Wikipedia

• investigate */*/*/ — UK [ɪnˈvestɪɡeɪt] / US [ɪnˈvestɪˌɡeɪt] verb Word forms investigate : present tense I/you/we/they investigate he/she/it investigates present participle investigating past tense investigated past participle investigated a) [intransitive/transitive] …   English dictionary

• investigate — 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… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• investigate*/*/ — [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… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• About-Picard law — The 2001 About Picard law [abu pika:r] (named after French parliament members Nicolas About and Catherine Picard), a piece of French legislation, broadly speaking, makes it possible to act against organisations (legal entities) when such… …   Wikipedia

• investigate — 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,… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• investigate — 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… …   From formal English to slang

• investigate — Synonyms and related words: air, analyze, canvass, comment upon, consider, controvert, deal with, debate, deliberate, deliberate upon, delve into, dig into, discourse about, discuss, examine, exchange views, explore, fathom, go, go into, handle,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• investigate — investigative, investigatory /in ves ti geuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. investigator, n. /in ves ti gayt /, v., investigated, investigating. v.t. 1. to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of;… …   Universalium

• investigate — verb police are still investigating this apparent murder Syn: inquire into, look into, go into, probe, explore, scrutinize, conduct an investigation into, make inquiries about; inspect, analyze, study, examine, consider, research; informal check… …   Thesaurus of popular words