| query | If someone, especially an official, i___________ an event, situation, or claim, they try to find out what happened or what is the truth.If someone, especially an official, investigates an event, situation, or claim, they try to find out what happened or what is the truth. Gas officials are investigating the cause of an explosion which badly damaged a house in Hampshire. The two officers were being investigated by the director of public prosecutions. Police are still investigating how the accident happened. He ordered an investigation into the affair. He has been notified by magistrates that he is under investigation for corruption. |
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| word | investigate |
| full-definition | verb If someone, especially an official, investigates an event, situation, or claim, they try to find out what happened or what is the truth. Gas officials are investigating the cause of an explosion which badly damaged a house in Hampshire. The two officers were being investigated by the director of public prosecutions. Police are still investigating how the accident happened. He ordered an investigation into the affair. He has been notified by magistrates that he is under investigation for corruption. |
| inflections | investigatesinvestigatinginvestigatedinvestigationinvestigations |
| cefr-level | B1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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