Definitions for detective
dɪˈtɛk tɪvde·tec·tive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. detective, investigator, tec, police detectivenoun

   a police officer who investigates crimes

2. detectivenoun

   an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. detectivenoun

   a police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator.

2. detectivenoun

   a person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Detective

   A detective is an investigator, usually a member of a law enforcement agency. They often collect information to solve crimes by talking to witnesses and informants, collecting physical evidence, or searching records in databases. This leads them to arrest criminals and enable them to be convicted in court. A detective may work for the police or privately.

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1. detective

   A detective is a professional investigator, often a member of a law enforcement agency, who collects facts and gathers data to solve crimes. Detectives use a variety of techniques in their investigations such as interviewing suspects and witnesses, examining physical evidence, conducting surveillance, checking criminal records, and following leads. Some detectives specialize in certain types of crimes like homicide, cybercrime, or fraud.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Detectiveadjective

   fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer

2. Detectivenoun

   one who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Detective

   A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators or "private eyes". Informally, and primarily in fiction, a detective is any licensed or unlicensed person who solves crimes, including historical crimes, or looks into records.

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1. detectivenoun

   A Defensive Official in postal use and completely technical as a member of a language relating to this chosen profession. 1.) A person, a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes. Denoting a particular rank of police officer. Serving to detect and protect the innocent.

   Tehorah is a element detective at the Time agency.

   Etymology: Corporal in Command

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on November 20, 2023  

Matched Categories

1. • Investigator
   • Policeman

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'detective' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4837

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'detective' in Nouns Frequency: #1483

How to pronounce detective?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say detective in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of detective in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of detective in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of detective in a Sentence

1. Joe Mendoza:

   I think a detective would probably present it to a DA, but a grand jury is not out of play either.

2. Randy Alfred:

   There was still a long history of mistrust between gay men and the police force, i mean, the homicide detective might have been in the vice squad two years ago when he busted you.

3. Peter Salama:

   It’s really the detective work of epidemiology that will make or break the response to this outbreak.

4. Jacqueline Bisset:

   I went to the premiere of The Detective with Sinatra, and perhaps people jumped to conclusions. He was very protective towards me and never came on to me sexually.

5. Jenny Kern:

   [ He ] incrementally asked me to take my clothes off, he started saying things, improvising as this detective character : ‘ I can see your t -- s, ’ ‘ I can see you shave your p --- y. ’ He did it until I finally cried. Aspiring actress Jacqueline Mueller, who served as an intern in 2008 at Henry’s casting office Ulrich/Dawson/Kritzer. Jacqueline Mueller shared a similar experience with The Hollywood Reporter.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=detective
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Detective
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/detective
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=detective