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(v)
(idiomatic) To investigate, explore, or consider.
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(transitive) To examine something with great care.
To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
(n)
The act of carrying out research.
To observe or inspect carefully or critically.
(transitive) To examine something with great care or detail, as to look for hidden or obscure flaws.
To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
examination
The action of investigating or exploring.
To investigate the opinions, experiences, etc., of people by asking them questions; to conduct a survey; to administer a questionnaire.
The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
British form of inquiry. [The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.]
British English form of inquire. [(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something).]
(transitive) to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner
(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something).
(adj)
Designed to determine factual information; investigative.
To challenge, to put a strain on (something).
(transitive) To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
(transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.
The act by which something is reviewed, or thought about again; a mental review.
(transitive) To look in (a place) for something.
To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
(figurative) To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.
To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
(ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.
(transitive) To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.
(transitive) To communicate knowledge to.
The act or process of verifying.
(transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
(transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
The action of the verb explore.
A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.
(transitive) To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)
(transitive) To draw conclusions from examining; to assess; to appraise.
(transitive) To tell (someone) what they must or should do.
The action of the verb to study.
(transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
(transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.
(transitive) To instruct or train.
(transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
(transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.
The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
(transitive) To subject to analysis.
(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
(adv)
(informal) Given the circumstances; all in all; all things considered.
(transitive) To watch over; to guard.
Having been carefully thought out; maturely reflected upon.
To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
(transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
(transitive) To think about seriously.
(countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.).
A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death
(transitive) To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
(transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
An academic field of study concerning the given subject.
(transitive) To follow the trail of.
Practiced; self-conscious; careful; not spontaneous.
(intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear.
To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
(transitive) To make deep or deeper
(ambitransitive) To analyze or diagnose (a problem, or something faulty) to the point of determining a solution.
British standard spelling of analyze.
(by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
The applied science of accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them.
To continue over time.
Initialism of Irish National Teachers' Organisation.
(transitive) To inspect; to examine.
To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.
(ambitransitive) To explore, investigate, question, test, or prove.
Determinative; causal.
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination
Having undergone exploration.
(figuratively) An investigation or inquiry.
serving to support or corroborate
(ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
To investigate again
To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
(transitive) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
Alternative spelling of re-examine. [(transitive) To examine again.]
(transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
(transitive) To be typical of.
(transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
(transitive) To assess again; to revise an earlier assessment; to reevaluate.