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investigare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • delve verb To search thoroughly into something, especially information or a topic, in order to learn more.
  • explore verb To travel through an unfamiliar place in order to learn about it.
  • inspect verb To examine something carefully, often to check for problems or verify its condition.
  • investigate verb To look into something carefully in order to find out the facts.
  • look into phrasal verb To investigate a problem, complaint or question in order to find out the facts.
  • probe noun A formal investigation into a matter, often one involving wrongdoing.

Senses

investigare is used for these senses in English:

  • check out (transitive) To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision.
  • delve (ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
  • explore (transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
  • explore (intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically.
  • inspect To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
  • investigate (intransitive) To conduct an inquiry or examination.
  • look into (idiomatic) To investigate, explore, or consider.
  • probe (ambitransitive) To explore, investigate, question, test, or prove.

delve — full definition

  1. verb To search thoroughly into something, especially information or a topic, in order to learn more.
  2. verb To dig into the ground.

explore — full definition

  1. verb To travel through an unfamiliar place in order to learn about it.
  2. verb To examine or think about something carefully.
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