"investigation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˌvɛs.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ [UK], /ɪnˌvɛs.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ [US], /ɪnˌvɛs.təˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ [US] Audio: en-us-investigation.ogg Forms: investigations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle English investigacioun, from Old French investigacion, from Latin investigatio. Morphologically investigate + -ion Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|inh|enm>investigacioun>investigation|id=act of investigating}}, {{inh|en|enm|investigacioun}} Middle English investigacioun, {{der|en|fro|investigacion}} Old French investigacion, {{der|en|la|investigatio}} Latin investigatio, {{suffix|en|investigate|ion|nocat=1}} investigate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} investigation (countable and uncountable, plural investigations)
  1. The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination Wikipedia link: investigation Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: background investigation, field investigation, joint investigation team, patient under investigation, re-investigation Related terms: investigate, sleuthing Translations (the act of investigating): ondersoek (Afrikaans), تَحْقِيق (taḥqīq) [masculine] (Arabic), تَحْقِيق (taḥgīg) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), հետաքննություն (hetakʻnnutʻyun) (Armenian), investigación [feminine] (Asturian), təhqiqat (Azerbaijani), istintaq (Azerbaijani), təhqiq (Azerbaijani), araşdırma (Azerbaijani), рассле́даванне (rassljédavannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), дасле́даванне (dasljédavannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), разсле́дване (razslédvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), investigació [feminine] (Catalan), 調查 /调查 (diàochá) (Chinese Mandarin), vyšetřování [neuter] [legal, law] (Czech), efterforskning [common-gender] (Danish), onderzoek (Dutch), nasporing (Dutch), tutkimus (Finnish), selvitys (Finnish), investigation [feminine] (French), investigación [feminine] (Galician), გამოძიება (gamoʒieba) (Georgian), Untersuchung [feminine] (German), έρευνα (érevna) [feminine] (Greek), διερεύνηση (dierévnisi) [feminine] (Greek), bahàsī [masculine] (Hausa), nyomozás (Hungarian), vizsgálat (Hungarian), investigasi (Indonesian), penyelidikan (Indonesian), fiosrúchán [masculine] (Irish), investigazione [feminine] (Italian), 調査 (chōsa) (alt: ちょうさ) (Japanese), 조사 (josa) (alt: 調査) (Korean), quaestiō [feminine] (Latin), indagatio (Latin), investigatio (Latin), penyiasatan (Malay), rapunga (Maori), mātaitanga (Maori), tūhuratanga (Maori), hurahuratanga (Maori), whakatewhatewha (Maori), èrchèrchéthie [feminine] (Norman), etterforskning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), etterforsking [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), etterforsking [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), كشف (keşf, keşif) (Ottoman Turkish), śledztwo [neuter] (Polish), dochodzenie [neuter] (Polish), investigação [feminine] (Portuguese), investigație [feminine] (Romanian), сле́дствие (slédstvije) [neuter] (Russian), рассле́дование (rasslédovanije) [neuter] (Russian), иссле́дование (isslédovanije) [neuter] (Russian), परीक्षा (parīkṣā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), phuputso (Setho), investigación [feminine] (Spanish), pesquisa [feminine] (Spanish), indagación [feminine] (Spanish), undersökning (Swedish), విచారణ (vicāraṇa) (Telugu), inceleme (Turkish), soruşturma (Turkish), tahkikat (Turkish), розслі́дування (rozslíduvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), дослі́дження (doslídžennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), слі́дство (slídstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), sự điều tra (Vietnamese), cuộc điều tra (Vietnamese)
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          "text": "\"Ag-gag laws criminalize undercover investigations by prohibiting one or more of three types of behavior: trespass, recording of videos, and failure to submit a video to law enforcement.\"",
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          "ref": "2018 August 18, Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman, “White House Counsel, Don McGahn, Has Cooperated Extensively in Mueller Inquiry”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "The White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, has cooperated extensively in the special counsel investigation, sharing detailed accounts about the episodes at the heart of the inquiry into whether President Trump obstructed justice, […]",
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          "sense": "the act of investigating",
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      "roman": "keşf, keşif",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "word": "كشف"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "śledztwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dochodzenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "investigação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "investigație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slédstvije",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сле́дствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasslédovanije",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "рассле́дование"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "isslédovanije",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "иссле́дование"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "parīkṣā",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "परीक्षा"
    },
    {
      "code": "st",
      "lang": "Setho",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "word": "phuputso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "investigación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pesquisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "indagación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "word": "undersökning"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vicāraṇa",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "word": "విచారణ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "word": "inceleme"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "word": "soruşturma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "word": "tahkikat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozslíduvannja",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "розслі́дування"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "doslídžennja",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дослі́дження"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "slídstvo",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "слі́дство"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "word": "sự điều tra"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the act of investigating",
      "word": "cuộc điều tra"
    }
  ],
  "word": "investigation"
}

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