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to investigate
01
to try to find the truth about a crime, accident, etc. by carefully examining its facts
Transitive: to investigate an incident or situation
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
investigate
3rd person singular
investigates
Past simple
investigated
Past participle
investigated
Examples
The police were called to investigate the suspicious death.
02
to examine something scientifically, typically to discover facts or evidence
Transitive: to investigate sth
Examples
The researchers will investigate the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems.
Lexical Tree
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