investigate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
investigate scientifically
Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- investigating derivation
- investigator derivation
Sense 2 verb
conduct an inquiry or investigation of
The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- investigating derivation
- inquiry derivation
- investigation derivation
- questioning derivation
- detective derivation
- inquirer derivation
- fact-finding derivation
- inquisitive derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | investigating |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | investigator |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | study |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | explore |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | explore |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | probe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | research |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | experiment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | investigating |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inquiry |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | investigation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | questioning |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | detective |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inquirer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fact-finding |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inquisitive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | probe |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spy |