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{
"term": "investigate",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "investigate",
"heSheIt": "investigates"
},
"pastSimple": "investigated",
"pastParticiple": "investigated",
"ingForm": "investigating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to carefully examine the facts of a situation, an event, a crime, etc. to find out the truth about it or how it happened",
"sensetop": "investigate somethinginvestigate what, how, etc…",
"labels": "(informal)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The FBI has been called in to investigate."
},
{
"text": "the senior **investigating officer**"
},
{
"text": "‘What was that noise?’ ‘I'll go and investigate.’"
},
{
"text": "Detectives are currently investigating possible links between the murders.",
"contextForm": "investigate something"
},
{
"text": "to **investigate a crime/a complaint/an incident**"
},
{
"text": "The allegations have not yet been **thoroughly investigated**."
},
{
"text": "The report calls for a commission to **investigate the matter** further."
},
{
"text": "The case will be investigated in detail to determine whether the claims are true."
},
{
"text": "Police are investigating what happened.",
"contextForm": "investigate what, how, etc…"
},
{
"text": "The company has pledged to investigate claims that its products are unsafe."
},
{
"text": "The company said it will investigate any customer complaints."
}
],
"topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "closely", "in detail"],
"verb + investigate": [
"ask somebody to",
"be called in to",
"decide to"
],
"preposition": ["for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to try to find out information about somebody’s character, activities, etc.",
"sensetop": "investigate somebody for somethinginvestigate somebody over somethinginvestigate somebody",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "This is not the first time he has been investigated by the police for fraud.",
"contextForm": "investigate somebody for something"
},
{
"text": "She is being investigated over allegations of illegal business dealings.",
"contextForm": "investigate somebody over something"
},
{
"text": "They were **investigated on suspicion of** drug smuggling.",
"contextForm": "investigate somebody"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to find out information and facts about a subject or problem by study or research",
"sensetop": "investigate somethinginvestigate how, what, etc…",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The study **investigates the effects** of feeding a high-energy diet to cows.",
"contextForm": "investigate something"
},
{
"text": "Researchers are investigating how foreign speakers gain fluency.",
"contextForm": "investigate how, what, etc…"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["carefully", "closely", "in detail"],
"verb + investigate": [
"ask somebody to",
"be called in to",
"decide to"
],
"preposition": ["for"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvestɪɡeɪt/",
"audio": "in/investigate/investigate__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvestɪɡeɪts/",
"audio": "in/investigate/investigates__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvestɪɡeɪtɪd/",
"audio": "in/investigate/investigated__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvestɪɡeɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "in/investigate/investigating__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvestɪɡeɪt/",
"audio": "in/investigate/investigate__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvestɪɡeɪts/",
"audio": "in/investigate/investigates__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvestɪɡeɪtɪd/",
"audio": "in/investigate/investigated__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvestɪɡeɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "in/investigate/investigating__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 16th cent.: from Latin investigat- ‘traced out’, from the verb investigare, from in- ‘into’ + vestigare ‘track, trace out’."
}