investigation

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˌvɛstəˈɡeɪʃən/, SAMPA: /In%vestI"geISn/

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

investigation (plural investigations)

1. 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.

Translations

the act of investigating

Azeri: təhqiqat (az) Chinese: Mandarin: 調查 (cmn), 调查 (cmn) (diàochá) Czech: vyšetřování n. (primarily legal) Dutch: onderzoek (nl) Finnish: tutkimus (fi), selvitys (fi) French: investigation (fr) f. German: Untersuchung (de) f.

Greek: διερεύνηση (el) (ðierévnisi) f. Italian: investigazione (it) Japanese: 調査 (ja) (ちょうさ, chōsa) Russian: следствие (ru) (slédstvije) n., расследование (ru) (rasslédovanije) n., исследование (ru) (isslédovanije) n. Swedish: undersökning (sv) Telugu: విచారణ (te) (vichaaraNa) Turkish: inceleme (tr), soruşturma (tr), tahkikat (tr)