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
- verb To search thoroughly into something, especially information or a topic, in order to learn more.
- verb To dig into the ground.
explore — full definition
- verb To travel through an unfamiliar place in order to learn about it.
- verb To examine or think about something carefully.