probe

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Related terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 External links 2 Italian 2.1 Adjective

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[edit] Etymology

For verb: Latin probare (“‘to test, examine, prove’”) < probus (“‘good’”).

For noun: Late Latin proba (“‘a proof’”) < probare (“‘to test, examine, prove’”); see proof. Cf. Spanish tienta (“‘a surgeon's probe’”) < tentar (“‘try, test’”); see tempt.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /pɹəʊb/
• (GenAm) IPA: /pɹoʊb/
• Rhymes: -əʊb

[edit] Noun

probe (plural probes)

1. a device, or part of a device, used to explore, investigate or measure

   Insert the probe into the soil and read the temperature.

2. an investigation or inquiry

   They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.

3. (game of go) a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy

[edit] Synonyms

• (game of go) yosu-miru

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[edit] Verb

to probe (third-person singular simple present probes, present participle probing, simple past and past participle probed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To explore, investigate, or question

   If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.

[edit] Related terms

• probable
• prove
• proof
• probity
• probation

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[edit] External links

• probe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• probe in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] Adjective

probe f.

1. Feminine plural form of probo