What does investigation mean?
Definitions for investigationɪnˌvɛs tɪˈgeɪ ʃən
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word investigation.
Princeton's WordNet
probe, investigation(noun)
an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
"there was a congressional probe into the scandal"
investigation, investigating(noun)
the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
Wiktionary
investigation(Noun)
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist.
Webster Dictionary
Investigation(noun)
the act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist
Origin: [L. investigatio: cf. F. investigation.]
Freebase
Investigation
Investigation is a 2006 Bulgarian film directed by Iglika Triffonova.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'investigation' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1968
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'investigation' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4663
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'investigation' in Nouns Frequency: #687
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of investigation in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of investigation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Sample Sentences & Example Usage
The investigation goes on.
We stand by our investigation.
This changes the investigation.
The investigation is not closed.
This is still under investigation.
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Translations for investigation
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- تحقيقArabic
- təhqiqatAzerbaijani
- investigacióCatalan, Valencian
- vyšetřováníCzech
- UntersuchungGerman
- διερεύνηση, έρευναGreek
- investigaciónSpanish
- selvitys, tutkimusFinnish
- investigationFrench
- investigaciónGalician
- investigasi, penyelidikanIndonesian
- investigazioneItalian
- 調査Japanese
- გამოძიებაGeorgian
- etterforsking, etterforskningNorwegian
- onderzoekDutch
- etterforskingNorwegian Nynorsk
- investigaçãoPortuguese
- исследование, следствие, расследованиеRussian
- undersökningSwedish
- விசாரணைTamil
- విచారణTelugu
- inceleme, soruşturma, tahkikatTurkish
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