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investigative

/ɪnˈvɛstɪɡətɪv/

US pronunciation
American sound/ɪnˈvɛstɪɡətɪv/
ɪnˈvɛstɪɡətɪv
Syllables
5 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

ɪn - ˈvɛstɪɡətɪv -> investigative

Myanmar meaning

(adj) စူးစမ်းလေ့လာသော။

Full entry

investigate / Çn'vestÇgeÇt / v

၁။ စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးသည်။ The police were baffled, and the FBI was called in to investigate. ❍ investigate allegations / complaints ❍ Scientists are investigating the cause of the crash / are investigating how the crash occurred.
၂။ စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးသည်။ Applicants for government posts are always thoroughly investigated before being appointed.
၃။ လေ့လာသည်။ သုတေသနလုပ်သည်။ investigate the market for a product / for ways of increasing profits ❍ We might be able to help you; I'll investigate the possibilities.
၄။ (infml ) (သွား) ကြည့်သည်။ ‘What was that noise outside?’ ‘I'll just go and investigate. ’
❑ investigation / ÇnvestÇ'geÇʃn / n [U, C] ~ (into sth ) စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးခြင်း။ စူးစမ်းလေ့လာမှု။ The matter is under investigation / requires further investigation. ❍ Scientists are conducting an investigation into the accident. ❍ The police have completed their investigation(s).
❑ investigative / Çn'vestÇgǝtÇv; US -geÇtÇv / (also investigatory / Çn'vestÇgǝtǝri; US -gǝtↄ:ri /) adj စူးစမ်း လေ့လာသော။ investigative journalism (ie in which journalists try to discover important facts of public interest that have been concealed) ❍ have wide investigatory powers.
❑ investigator / Çn'vestÇgeÇtǝ(r) / n စုံစမ်း စစ်ဆေးသူ။ a private investigator (ie a DETECTIVE) အလွတ်စုံထောက်။ ❍ insurance investigators ❍ Accident investigators have discovered the cause of the crash.

More examples
  • We sent a reporter to investigate the rumour.
  • All complaints from our customers are investigated quickly and efficiently.
  • A short time later I heard a noise outside and went to investigate.
  • [investigate what/why/whether etc] : The research aims to investigate why schools are not doing better.
  • She was thoroughly investigated by the FBI before being offered the job.
Synonyms
examine, look into, explore, inspect, study, consider, probe, scrutinize, be all ears, bug, case, check out, check over, check up, delve, delve into, dig, eyeball, feel out, frisk, give the once over, go into, inquire, inquisite, interrogate, listen in, look over, look-see, make inquiry, muckrake, nose around, poke, poke around, prospect, pry, put to the test, question, read, recce, reconnoiter, research, review, run down, scout, search, sift, spy, stake out, tap, wiretap
Antonyms
answer, forget, ignore, leave alone, neglect, overlook, reply
Cross references
examinelook intoexploreinspectstudyconsiderprobescrutinizebe all earsbugcasecheck outcheck overcheck updelvedelve intodigeyeballfeel outfriskgive the once overgo intoinquireinquisiteinterrogatelisten inlook overlook-see
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