"probe" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɹəʊb/ [UK], /pɹoʊb/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-probe.wav [Southern-England] Forms: probes [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊb Etymology: For verb: borrowed from Latin probare (“to test, examine, prove”), from probus (“good”). Doublet of prove. For noun: borrowed from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from probare (“to test, examine, prove”); Doublet of proof. Compare Spanish tienta (“a surgeon's probe”), from tentar (“try, test”); see tempt. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}, {{bor|en|la|probare||to test, examine, prove}} Latin probare (“to test, examine, prove”), {{m|la|probus||good}} probus (“good”), {{doublet|en|prove}} Doublet of prove, {{bor|en|LL.|proba||a proof}} Late Latin proba (“a proof”), {{m|la|probare||to test, examine, prove}} probare (“to test, examine, prove”), {{doublet|en|proof}} Doublet of proof, {{cog|es|tienta||a surgeon's probe}} Spanish tienta (“a surgeon's probe”), {{m|es|tentar||try, test}} tentar (“try, test”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} probe (plural probes)
  1. (surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc. Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-probe-en-noun-87QsmhU8 Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
  2. (surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.
    (comedy, fiction) An anal probe, a fictional instrument commonly used by aliens on abducted humans.
    Categories (topical): Comedy, Fiction, Surgery Synonyms (game of go): yosu-miru
    Sense id: en-probe-en-noun-ZxRCautH Topics: comedy, entertainment, fiction, lifestyle, literature, media, medicine, publishing, sciences, surgery Disambiguation of 'game of go': 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  3. (figuratively) Something which penetrates something else, as though to explore; something which obtains information. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-probe-en-noun-xYRmodOl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 8 16 1 8 16 7 13 2 18 1 3
  4. An act of probing; a prod, a poke.
    Sense id: en-probe-en-noun-RWVljhXw
  5. (figuratively) An investigation or inquiry. Tags: figuratively Translations (investigation or inquiry): հետաքննություն (hetakʿnnutʿyun) (Armenian), разследване (razsledvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), sondeig [feminine] (Catalan), enquesta [feminine] (Catalan), 調査 (Chinese Mandarin), 调査 (Chinese Mandarin), 调查 (diàochá) (Chinese Mandarin), prošetření [neuter] (Czech), průzkum [masculine] (Czech), tutkimus (Finnish), selvitys (Finnish), გამოკვლევა (gamoḳvleva) (Georgian), Untersuchung [feminine] (German), מחקר (mehkár) [masculine] (Hebrew), חקירה (khakirá) [feminine] (Hebrew), בדיקה (bdiká) [feminine] (Hebrew), inchiesta [feminine] (Italian), investigazione [feminine] (Italian), 調査 (chōsa) (alt: ちょうさ) (Japanese), rou (Maori), sondatge [masculine] (Occitan), investigacion [feminine] (Occitan), enquèsta [feminine] (Occitan), investigação [feminine] (Portuguese), иссле́дование (isslédovanije) [neuter] (Russian), рассле́дование (rasslédovanije) [neuter] (Russian), зонди́рование (zondírovanije) [neuter] (Russian), sondeo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-probe-en-noun-zkZZkX2p Disambiguation of 'investigation or inquiry': 2 2 5 1 78 2 3 2 0 5
  6. (aeronautics) A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling. Categories (topical): Aeronautics Translations (aeronautics: tube on aircraft): perche [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-probe-en-noun-EfdF~~Yv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 8 16 1 8 16 7 13 2 18 1 3 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'aeronautics: tube on aircraft': 4 15 1 1 1 49 7 15 1 4
  7. (sciences) A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it. Categories (topical): Sciences Translations (sciences: electrode or other small device): مِسْبَار (misbār) [masculine] (Arabic), զոնդ (zond) (Armenian), сонда (sonda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), sonda [feminine] (Catalan), 探測器 (Chinese Mandarin), 探测器 (tàncèqì) (Chinese Mandarin), 探針 (Chinese Mandarin), 探针 (tànzhēn) (Chinese Mandarin), sonda [feminine] (Czech), sonde [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), luotain (Finnish), koetin (Finnish), anturi (Finnish), sondi (Finnish), sonde [feminine] (French), ზონდი (zondi) (Georgian), sonda [feminine] (Italian), 探針 (tanshin) (alt: たんしん) (Japanese), 探査機 (tansaki) (alt: たんさき) (Japanese), kuar (Malay), sonde [masculine] (Norwegian), sonda [feminine] (Occitan), sonda [feminine] (Portuguese), зонд (zond) [masculine] (Russian), щуп (ščup) [masculine] (Russian), sonda [feminine] (Spanish), chwiliedydd [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-probe-en-noun-LMQcBId~ Topics: sciences Disambiguation of 'sciences: electrode or other small device': 6 8 3 1 1 5 59 9 1 7
  8. (astronautics) A small, usually uncrewed, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings. Categories (topical): Astronautics Translations (spacecraft): مِسْبَار (misbār) [masculine] (Arabic), sonda [feminine] (Catalan), 探測器 (Chinese Mandarin), 探测器 (tàncèqì) (Chinese Mandarin), sonda [feminine] (Czech), sonde [feminine] (Dutch), sonde [feminine] (French), Sonde [feminine] (German), űrszonda (Hungarian), sonda [feminine] (Italian), 探査機 (tansaki) (alt: たんさき) (Japanese), 탐사기 (tamsagi) (Korean), zondas [masculine] (Lithuanian), kuar (Malay), waka ātea whakaoreore (Maori), sonda [feminine] (Occitan), sonda [feminine] (Portuguese), зонд (zond) [masculine] (Russian), АМС (AMS) [feminine] (Russian), sonda espacial [feminine] (Spanish), sond [common-gender] (Swedish), thăm dò (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-probe-en-noun-aWeTRMAJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 8 16 1 8 16 7 13 2 18 1 3 Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'spacecraft': 3 3 15 1 5 9 3 46 0 14
  9. (go) a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy Categories (topical): Go
    Sense id: en-probe-en-noun-ml8AkPVj
  10. (biochemistry) Any group of atoms or molecules radioactively labeled in order to study a given molecule or other structure Categories (topical): Biochemistry Translations (radioactively labeled molecule): sonda [feminine] (Catalan), sonde (French), sonda (Italian), sonda (Occitan), sonda (Portuguese), sonda (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-probe-en-noun-xsRsWuvz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 8 16 1 8 16 7 13 2 18 1 3 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'radioactively labeled molecule': 6 6 3 2 1 8 7 11 3 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: armed probe, Bracewell probe, lambda probe, probe-and-drogue, probe-scissors, space probe, von Neumann probe Translations (any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc): μήλη (mḗlē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), сонда (sonda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), sonda [feminine] (Catalan), sonde (French), explorateur (French), καθετήρας (kathetíras) [masculine] (Greek), זונדה (zónda) [feminine] (Hebrew), sonda (Italian), specillo (Italian), specillum [neuter] (Latin), mēlōtris [feminine] (Latin), rou (Maori), toromoka (Maori), sonda [feminine] (Occitan), میل (mil) (Ottoman Turkish), سونده (sonda) (Ottoman Turkish), اسقندیل (iskandil) (Ottoman Turkish), sonda [feminine] (Polish), sonda [feminine] (Portuguese), зонд (zond) [masculine] (Russian), щуп (ščup) [masculine] (Russian), tienta [feminine] (Spanish), sonda (Spanish), ఏషణి (ēṣaṇi) (Telugu)
Disambiguation of 'any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc': 36 36 2 0 0 1 11 9 0 3

Verb

IPA: /pɹəʊb/ [UK], /pɹoʊb/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-probe.wav [Southern-England] Forms: probes [present, singular, third-person], probing [participle, present], probed [participle, past], probed [past]
Rhymes: -əʊb Etymology: For verb: borrowed from Latin probare (“to test, examine, prove”), from probus (“good”). Doublet of prove. For noun: borrowed from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from probare (“to test, examine, prove”); Doublet of proof. Compare Spanish tienta (“a surgeon's probe”), from tentar (“try, test”); see tempt. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}, {{bor|en|la|probare||to test, examine, prove}} Latin probare (“to test, examine, prove”), {{m|la|probus||good}} probus (“good”), {{doublet|en|prove}} Doublet of prove, {{bor|en|LL.|proba||a proof}} Late Latin proba (“a proof”), {{m|la|probare||to test, examine, prove}} probare (“to test, examine, prove”), {{doublet|en|proof}} Doublet of proof, {{cog|es|tienta||a surgeon's probe}} Spanish tienta (“a surgeon's probe”), {{m|es|tentar||try, test}} tentar (“try, test”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} probe (third-person singular simple present probes, present participle probing, simple past and past participle probed)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To explore, investigate, or question Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to explore, investigate, or question): изследвам (izsledvam) (Bulgarian), проучвам (proučvam) (Bulgarian), 探查 (tànchá) (Chinese Mandarin), 查明 (chámíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 調査 (Chinese Mandarin), 调査 (Chinese Mandarin), 调查 (diàochá) (Chinese Mandarin), tutkia (Finnish), tunnustella (Finnish), tiedustella (Finnish), ottaa selko (Finnish), untersuchen (German), ερευνώ (erevnó) (Greek), αναδιφώ (anadifó) (Greek), investigare (Italian), 調査する (chōsa-suru) (alt: ちょうさする) (Japanese), scrūtor (Latin), hurahura (Maori), pākiki (Maori), pākiki [dual, masculine] (Maori), undersøke (Norwegian), utforske (Norwegian), dociekać [imperfective] (Polish), dociec [perfective] (Polish), wnikać [imperfective] (Polish), wniknąć [perfective] (Polish), badać [imperfective] (Polish), zbadać [perfective] (Polish), sondar (Portuguese), investigar (Portuguese), иссле́довать (isslédovatʹ) (Russian), рассле́довать (rasslédovatʹ) (Russian), зонди́ровать (zondírovatʹ) (Russian), iarr (Scottish Gaelic), sondar (Spanish), sondear (Spanish), utforska (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-probe-en-verb-3J8T5uhI Disambiguation of 'to explore, investigate, or question': 98 2
  2. (transitive) To insert a probe into. Tags: transitive Translations (to insert a probe into): сондирам (sondiram) (Bulgarian), καθετηριάζω (kathetiriázo) (Greek), toromoka (Maori), ore (Maori), whakaoreore (Maori), sondar (Portuguese), sondar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-probe-en-verb-zoXUz0bs Disambiguation of 'to insert a probe into': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: probable, probesome, prove, proof, probity, probation

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "tànchá",
          "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chámíng",
          "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
          "word": "調査"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
          "word": "调査"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
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        },
        {
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          "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
          "word": "tunnustella"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
          "word": "tiedustella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
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        {
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          "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
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        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "el",
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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        {
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            "masculine"
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        },
        {
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          "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
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        {
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
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        {
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          "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
          "word": "sondar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
          "word": "investigar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "isslédovatʹ",
          "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
          "word": "иссле́довать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rasslédovatʹ",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "roman": "zondírovatʹ",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
          "word": "iarr"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
          "word": "sondar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
          "word": "sondear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
          "word": "utforska"
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        "To insert a probe into."
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        "(transitive) To insert a probe into."
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        "transitive"
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sondiram",
          "sense": "to insert a probe into",
          "word": "сондирам"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kathetiriázo",
          "sense": "to insert a probe into",
          "word": "καθετηριάζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to insert a probe into",
          "word": "toromoka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to insert a probe into",
          "word": "ore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to insert a probe into",
          "word": "whakaoreore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to insert a probe into",
          "word": "sondar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to insert a probe into",
          "word": "sondar"
        }
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      "ipa": "/pɹəʊb/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    {
      "ipa": "/pɹoʊb/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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      "word": "von Neumann probe"
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      "roman": "sonda",
      "sense": "any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "זונדה"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "rou"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc",
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      "code": "ota",
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      "code": "ota",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sonda"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sonda"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "ఏషణి"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "investigation or inquiry",
      "word": "selvitys"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "gamoḳvleva",
      "sense": "investigation or inquiry",
      "word": "გამოკვლევა"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "mehkár",
      "sense": "investigation or inquiry",
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "investigation or inquiry",
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "bdiká",
      "sense": "investigation or inquiry",
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      "word": "בדיקה"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "investigation or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "inchiesta"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "investigation or inquiry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "investigazione"
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      "alt": "ちょうさ",
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      "roman": "chōsa",
      "sense": "investigation or inquiry",
      "word": "調査"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "rou"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "es",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "fr",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "perche"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "word": "مِسْبَار"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "zond",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "word": "զոնդ"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sonda",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сонда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonda"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "word": "探測器"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tàncèqì",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "word": "探测器"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "word": "探針"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tànzhēn",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "word": "探针"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonda"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sonde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "word": "luotain"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "word": "koetin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "word": "anturi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "word": "sondi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonde"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zondi",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "word": "ზონდი"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonda"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たんしん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tanshin",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "word": "探針"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たんさき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tansaki",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "word": "探査機"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "word": "kuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sonde"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "zond",
      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зонд"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "щуп"
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      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonda"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "sciences: electrode or other small device",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "misbār",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مِسْبَار"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonda"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "word": "探測器"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tàncèqì",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "word": "探测器"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonda"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonde"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sonde"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "word": "űrszonda"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonda"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たんさき",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "tansaki",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "word": "探査機"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tamsagi",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "word": "탐사기"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zondas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "word": "kuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "word": "waka ātea whakaoreore"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zond",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зонд"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "AMS",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "АМС"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "автомати́ческая межплане́тная ста́нция",
      "roman": "avtomatíčeskaja mežplanétnaja stáncija",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonda espacial"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sond"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "spacecraft",
      "word": "thăm dò"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "radioactively labeled molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonda"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "radioactively labeled molecule",
      "word": "sonde"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "radioactively labeled molecule",
      "word": "sonda"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "radioactively labeled molecule",
      "word": "sonda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "radioactively labeled molecule",
      "word": "sonda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "radioactively labeled molecule",
      "word": "sonda"
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      "word": "проучвам"
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      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "探查"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "chámíng",
      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "查明"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "調査"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "调査"
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      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
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      "word": "tutkia"
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "tiedustella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "ottaa selko"
    },
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      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
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      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
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    },
    {
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      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "αναδιφώ"
    },
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      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
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    },
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      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "調査する"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
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      "word": "hurahura"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "pākiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pākiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "undersøke"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "utforske"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dociec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zbadać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "sondar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "investigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "isslédovatʹ",
      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "иссле́довать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasslédovatʹ",
      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "рассле́довать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zondírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "зонди́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "iarr"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "sondar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "sondear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to explore, investigate, or question",
      "word": "utforska"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sondiram",
      "sense": "to insert a probe into",
      "word": "сондирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kathetiriázo",
      "sense": "to insert a probe into",
      "word": "καθετηριάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to insert a probe into",
      "word": "toromoka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to insert a probe into",
      "word": "ore"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to insert a probe into",
      "word": "whakaoreore"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to insert a probe into",
      "word": "sondar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to insert a probe into",
      "word": "sondar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "probe"
}

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