investigative
/ɪnˈvɛstɪɡətɪv/
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ɪn - ˈvɛstɪɡətɪv -> investigative
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 / ÇnvestÇ'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.
- 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.
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