The students assisted the professor in the investigation.
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Investigation
//ɪnˌvɛs.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "investigation" (74 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (37)
Related word relations
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1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
12 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Translations
134 translations across 72 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- ondersoek noun (the act of investigating)
Albanian
1 entries- hetim noun (the act of investigating)
Arabic
2 entries- تَحْقِيق noun (the act of investigating)
- تَحْقِيق noun (the act of investigating)
Armenian
1 entries- հետաքննություն noun (the act of investigating)
Asturian
1 entries- investigación noun (the act of investigating)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- araşdırma noun (the act of investigating)
- istintaq noun (the act of investigating)
- təhqiq noun (the act of investigating)
- təhqiqat noun (the act of investigating)
Belarusian
4 entries- дасле́даванне noun (the act of investigating)
- дасьле́дваньне noun (the act of investigating)
- рассле́даванне noun (the act of investigating)
- расьсьле́дваньне noun (the act of investigating)
Bulgarian
1 entries- разсле́дване noun (the act of investigating)
Burmese
2 entries- စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေး noun (the act of investigating)
- အမေးအစမ်း noun (the act of investigating)
Catalan
1 entries- investigació noun (the act of investigating)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 調查 /调查 noun (the act of investigating)
Czech
1 entries- vyšetřování noun (the act of investigating)
Danish
2 entries- efterforskning noun (the act of investigating)
- undersøgelse noun (the act of investigating)
Dari
2 entries- تَحْقِیق noun (the act of investigating)
- رَسِیدَگِی noun (the act of investigating)
Dutch
2 entries- nasporing noun (the act of investigating)
- onderzoek noun (the act of investigating)
Esperanto
1 entries- enketo noun (the act of investigating)
Estonian
1 entries- uurimine noun (the act of investigating)
Finnish
2 entries- selvitys noun (the act of investigating)
- tutkimus noun (the act of investigating)
French
2 entries- enquête noun (the act of investigating)
- investigation noun (the act of investigating)
Galician
1 entries- investigación noun (the act of investigating)
Georgian
1 entries- გამოძიება noun (the act of investigating)
German
1 entries- Untersuchung noun (the act of investigating)
Greek
2 entries- έρευνα noun (the act of investigating)
- διερεύνηση noun (the act of investigating)
Hausa
1 entries- bahàsī noun (the act of investigating)
Hebrew
1 entries- חֲקִירָה noun (the act of investigating)
Hindi
2 entries- जाँच noun (the act of investigating)
- तहक़ीक़ात noun (the act of investigating)
Hungarian
2 entries- nyomozás noun (the act of investigating)
- vizsgálat noun (the act of investigating)
Icelandic
2 entries- könnun noun (the act of investigating)
- rannsókn noun (the act of investigating)
Indonesian
2 entries- investigasi noun (the act of investigating)
- penyelidikan noun (the act of investigating)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- تَحْقیق noun (the act of investigating)
- رَسیدِگی noun (the act of investigating)
- رِسیدِگی noun (the act of investigating)
- پَژوهِش noun (the act of investigating)
Irish
1 entries- fiosrúchán noun (the act of investigating)
Italian
2 entries- inchiesta noun (the act of investigating)
- investigazione noun (the act of investigating)
Japanese
1 entries- 調査 noun (the act of investigating)
Kazakh
2 entries- тексеру noun (the act of investigating)
- тергеу noun (the act of investigating)
Khmer
3 entries- ការស៊ើបអង្កេត noun (the act of investigating)
- វិចារណា noun (the act of investigating)
- អង្កេត noun (the act of investigating)
Korean
1 entries- 조사 noun (the act of investigating)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- текшерүү noun (the act of investigating)
Lao
2 entries- ການສອບສວນ noun (the act of investigating)
- ການສືບສວນ noun (the act of investigating)
Latin
3 entries- indagatio noun (the act of investigating)
- investigatio noun (the act of investigating)
- quaestiō noun (the act of investigating)
Latvian
1 entries- izmeklēšana noun (the act of investigating)
Lithuanian
2 entries- tardymas noun (the act of investigating)
- tyrimas noun (the act of investigating)
Macedonian
1 entries- истрага noun (the act of investigating)
Malay
1 entries- penyiasatan noun (the act of investigating)
Mongolian
3 entries- мөрдөн байцаалт noun (the act of investigating)
- судалгаа noun (the act of investigating)
- шалгалт noun (the act of investigating)
Māori
4 entries- hurahuratanga noun (the act of investigating)
- mātaitanga noun (the act of investigating)
- rapunga noun (the act of investigating)
- tūhuratanga noun (the act of investigating)
Norman
1 entries- èrchèrchéthie noun (the act of investigating)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- etterforsking noun (the act of investigating)
- etterforskning noun (the act of investigating)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- etterforsking noun (the act of investigating)
Odia
1 entries- ପରୀକ୍ଷା noun (the act of investigating)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- بحث noun (the act of investigating)
- تحقیقات noun (the act of investigating)
- كشف noun (the act of investigating)
Pashto
1 entries- پلټنه noun (the act of investigating)
Polish
2 entries- dochodzenie noun (the act of investigating)
- śledztwo noun (the act of investigating)
Portuguese
1 entries- investigação noun (the act of investigating)
Romanian
1 entries- investigație noun (the act of investigating)
Russian
3 entries- иссле́дование noun (the act of investigating)
- рассле́дование noun (the act of investigating)
- сле́дствие noun (the act of investigating)
Sanskrit
1 entries- परीक्षा noun (the act of investigating)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ȉstraga noun (the act of investigating)
- и̏страга noun (the act of investigating)
Setho
1 entries- phuputso noun (the act of investigating)
Slovak
1 entries- vyšetrovanie noun (the act of investigating)
Slovene
1 entries- preiskava noun (the act of investigating)
Spanish
3 entries- indagación noun (the act of investigating)
- investigación noun (the act of investigating)
- pesquisa noun (the act of investigating)
Swedish
1 entries- undersökning noun (the act of investigating)
Tajik
4 entries- тафтиш noun (the act of investigating)
- таҳқиқ noun (the act of investigating)
- таҳқиқот noun (the act of investigating)
- тергав noun (the act of investigating)
Telugu
1 entries- విచారణ noun (the act of investigating)
Thai
2 entries- การสอบสวน noun (the act of investigating)
- การสืบสวน noun (the act of investigating)
Turkish
3 entries- inceleme noun (the act of investigating)
- soruşturma noun (the act of investigating)
- tahkikat noun (the act of investigating)
Turkmen
2 entries- barlag noun (the act of investigating)
- derňew noun (the act of investigating)
Ukrainian
3 entries- дослі́дження noun (the act of investigating)
- розслі́дування noun (the act of investigating)
- слі́дство noun (the act of investigating)
Urdu
4 entries- باز پُرْس noun (the act of investigating)
- تَحْقِیق noun (the act of investigating)
- تَحْقِیقات noun (the act of investigating)
- جان٘چ noun (the act of investigating)
Uyghur
2 entries- تەكشۈرۈش noun (the act of investigating)
- تەھقىق noun (the act of investigating)
Uzbek
4 entries- tadqiqot noun (the act of investigating)
- tahqiq noun (the act of investigating)
- tekshirish noun (the act of investigating)
- tergov noun (the act of investigating)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cuộc điều tra noun (the act of investigating)
- sự điều tra noun (the act of investigating)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The investigation is under way.
Source: tatoeba (45028)
It is clearly shown in Johnson's investigation that passive smoking is very harmful.
Source: tatoeba (52803)
Kilby applied Emmet's theory to his investigation of the referendum held in Greece in 1948.
Source: tatoeba (63090)
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