English noun: investigation |
1. | investigation (cognition) an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities |
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| Samples | There was a congressional probe into the scandal.
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| Synonyms | probe |
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| Broader (hypernym) | enquiry, inquiry, research |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | fishing expedition |
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2. | investigation (act) the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically |
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| Synonyms | investigating |
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| Broader (hypernym) | work |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | analysis, count, counting, empiricism, enquiry, enumeration, examination, examination, inquiry, numeration, police investigation, police work, reckoning, research, scrutiny, search, tabulation, tally, tap, testing, wiretap |
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