"interrogate" meaning in English

See interrogate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈtɛɹ.ə.ɡeɪt/ [UK], /ɪnˈtɛɹ.əˌɡeɪt/ [Canada, US], /ɪnˈtɛɹ.ə.ɡæɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-interrogate.ogg Forms: interrogates [present, singular, third-person], interrogating [participle, present], interrogated [participle, past], interrogated [past]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin interrogātus. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|interrogātus}} Learned borrowing from Latin interrogātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} interrogate (third-person singular simple present interrogates, present participle interrogating, simple past and past participle interrogated)
  1. (transitive) to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner Tags: transitive Translations (to question or quiz): حَقَّقَ مَعَ (ḥaqqaqa maʕa) (Arabic), اِسْتَجْوَبَ (istajwaba) (Arabic), اِسْتَنْطَقَ (istanṭaqa) (Arabic), հարցաքննել (harcʻakʻnnel) (Armenian), dindirmək (Azerbaijani), дапы́тваць (dapýtvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), дапыта́ць (dapytácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), разпи́твам (razpítvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), разпи́там (razpítam) [perfective] (Bulgarian), запи́твам (zapítvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), запи́там (zapítam) [perfective] (Bulgarian), interrogar (Catalan), 審問 (Chinese Mandarin), 审问 (shěnwèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 審訊 (Chinese Mandarin), 审讯 (shěnxùn) (Chinese Mandarin), vyslýchat [imperfective] (Czech), forhøre (Danish), afhøre (Danish), verhoren (Dutch), ondervragen (Dutch), interrogeren (Dutch), pridemandi (Esperanto), üle kuulama (Estonian), kuulustella (Finnish), interroger (French), გამოკითხავს (gamoḳitxavs) (Georgian), verhören (German), vernehmen (German), ανακρίνω (anakríno) (Greek), प्रश्न करना (praśna karnā) (Hindi), पूछताछ करना (pūchtāch karnā) (Hindi), faggat (Hungarian), vallat (Hungarian), kikérdez (Hungarian), kifaggat (Hungarian), kuulussella (Ingrian), ceistigh (Irish), interrogare (Italian), 尋問する (jinmon suru) (alt: じんもんする) (Japanese), 訊く (kiku) (alt: きく) (Japanese), жауап алу (jauap alu) (Kazakh), тергеу (tergeu) (Kazakh), សង្កិន (sɑɑsɑngkən) (Khmer), បុច្ឆា (bocchaa) (Khmer), ផ្ចុច (phcoc) (Khmer), ជជីក (cɔɔcɔciik) (Khmer), 심문하다 (simmunhada) (Korean), суракка алуу (surakka aluu) (Kyrgyz), sciscitor (Latin), percontor (Latin), nopratināt (Latvian), apklausinėti (Lithuanian), сослушува (soslušuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), сослуша (sosluša) [perfective] (Macedonian), испитува (ispituva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), испита (ispita) [perfective] (Macedonian), uiui (Maori), байцаах (bajcaax) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), avhøra (Norwegian Bokmål), forhøre (Norwegian Bokmål), بازجویی کردن (bâz-juyi kardan) (Persian), استنطاق کردن (estentâq kardan) (Persian), بازپرسی کردن (bâzporsi kardan) (Persian), przesłuchiwać [imperfective] (Polish), przesłuchać [perfective] (Polish), interrogar (Portuguese), questionar (Portuguese), a interoga (Romanian), допра́шивать (doprášivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), допроси́ть (doprosítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), спра́шивать (sprášivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), спроси́ть (sprosítʹ) (english: ask, inquire) [perfective] (Russian), पृच्छति (pṛcchati) (Sanskrit), испити́вати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), испи́тати [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), преслуша́вати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), прѐслушати [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ispitívati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ispítati [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), preslušávati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), prèslušati [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), vypočúvať [imperfective] (Slovak), zasliševati [imperfective] (Slovene), zaslišati [perfective] (Slovene), izpraševati [imperfective] (Slovene), izprašati [perfective] (Slovene), interrogar (Spanish), förhöra (Swedish), тергав кардан (tergav kardan) (Tajik), истинтоқ кардан (istintoq kardan) (Tajik), бозпурсӣ кардан (bozpursi kardan) (Tajik), สอบถาม (sɔ̀ɔp-tǎam) (Thai), ซักถาม (sák-tǎam) (Thai), ไถ่ (tài) (Thai), สอบปากคำ (Thai), sorguya çekmek (Turkish), sorgulamak (Turkish), soru sormak (Turkish), isticvap etmek (Turkish), istinkak etmek (Turkish), sorag etmek (Turkmen), допи́тувати (dopýtuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), допита́ти (dopytáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), سوراق قىلماق (soraq qilmaq) (Uyghur), soʻroq qilmoq (Uzbek), thẩm vấn (Vietnamese), hỏi cung (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-interrogate-en-verb-Jos8ELma Disambiguation of 'to question or quiz': 88 9 2
  2. (transitive, computing) to query; to request information from. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing
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  3. (transitive, literary) to examine critically. Tags: literary, transitive
    Sense id: en-interrogate-en-verb-RDa~sYlS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: interrogable, interrogatee, interrogation, interrogative, interrogatively, interrogator, interrogatory

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Learned borrowing from Latin interrogātus.",
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      "form": "interrogates",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "interrogating",
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        "present"
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    {
      "form": "interrogated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      "form": "interrogated",
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      "word": "interrogable"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "interrogation"
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      "word": "interrogative"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "interrogatively"
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          "text": "The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.",
          "type": "example"
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        "to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "question",
          "question"
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        [
          "quiz",
          "quiz"
        ],
        [
          "thorough",
          "thorough"
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        [
          "aggressive",
          "aggressive"
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        "(transitive) to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner"
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          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥaqqaqa maʕa",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "حَقَّقَ مَعَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "istajwaba",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "اِسْتَجْوَبَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "istanṭaqa",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "اِسْتَنْطَقَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "harcʻakʻnnel",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "հարցաքննել"
        },
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          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "dindirmək"
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          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "dapýtvacʹ",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "дапы́тваць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "dapytácʹ",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "дапыта́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razpítvam",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "разпи́твам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razpítam",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "разпи́там"
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zapítvam",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "запи́твам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zapítam",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "запи́там"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "interrogar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "審問"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shěnwèn",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "审问"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "審訊"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shěnxùn",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "审讯"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "vyslýchat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "forhøre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "afhøre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "verhoren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "ondervragen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "interrogeren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "pridemandi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "üle kuulama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "kuulustella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "interroger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gamoḳitxavs",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "გამოკითხავს"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "verhören"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "vernehmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anakríno",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "ανακρίνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "praśna karnā",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "प्रश्न करना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pūchtāch karnā",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "पूछताछ करना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "faggat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "vallat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "kikérdez"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "kifaggat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "kuulussella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "ceistigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "interrogare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "alt": "じんもんする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jinmon suru",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "尋問する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "alt": "きく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kiku",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "訊く"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "jauap alu",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "жауап алу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "tergeu",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "тергеу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "sɑɑsɑngkən",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "សង្កិន"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "bocchaa",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "បុច្ឆា"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "phcoc",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "ផ្ចុច"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cɔɔcɔciik",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "ជជីក"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "simmunhada",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "심문하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "surakka aluu",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "суракка алуу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "sciscitor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "percontor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "nopratināt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to question or quiz",
          "word": "apklausinėti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 9 2",
          "code": "mk",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "bâzporsi kardan",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "بازپرسی کردن"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "पृच्छति"
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        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "испити́вати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "испи́тати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "преслуша́вати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прѐслушати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ispitívati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ispítati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "preslušávati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "prèslušati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "vypočúvať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zasliševati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaslišati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "izpraševati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "izprašati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "interrogar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "förhöra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "tergav kardan",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "тергав кардан"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "istintoq kardan",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "истинтоқ кардан"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "bozpursi kardan",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "бозпурсӣ кардан"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sɔ̀ɔp-tǎam",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "สอบถาม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sák-tǎam",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "ซักถาม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tài",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "ไถ่"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "สอบปากคำ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "sorguya çekmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "sorgulamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "soru sormak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "isticvap etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "istinkak etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "sorag etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dopýtuvaty",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "допи́тувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dopytáty",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "допита́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "soraq qilmaq",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "سوراق قىلماق"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "soʻroq qilmoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "thẩm vấn"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to question or quiz",
      "word": "hỏi cung"
    }
  ],
  "word": "interrogate"
}

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