"investigate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Englisch]

Audio: En-us-investigate.ogg Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present investigate, he investigates, she investigates, it investigates, simple past investigated, present participle investigating, past participle investigated
Etymology: von dem lateinischen Verb in-vestīgāre ^(→ la) „aufspüren, erforschen“
  1. (in einem Kriminalfall) ermitteln
    Sense id: de-investigate-en-verb-3UiWO9Td
  2. etwas erforschen, erkunden, untersuchen
    Sense id: de-investigate-en-verb-eG~MrKjS
  3. recherchieren, nachforschen
    Sense id: de-investigate-en-verb-EW11uv7H
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: examine Translations ((in einem Kriminalfall) ermitteln): ermitteln (Deutsch) Translations (etwas erforschen, erkunden, untersuchen): erforschen (Deutsch), erkunden (Deutsch), untersuchen (Deutsch) Translations (recherchieren, nachforschen): recherchieren (Deutsch), nachforschen (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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      "form": "simple present investigate"
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      "form": "he investigates"
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    {
      "form": "she investigates"
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