different between investigation vs investigate

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French investigacion, from Latin investigatio.Morphologically investigate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?v?st???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

investigation (countable and uncountable, plural investigations)

1. The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination

   The investigation into the crime has led to various leads as well as plenty of dead ends.

   Despite thorough investigation, the perpetrator of the attacks remains unknown.

Related terms

• investigate

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French investigacion, from Latin investigatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.v?s.ti.?a.sj??/

Noun

investigation f (plural investigations)

1. investigation, examination

Further reading

• “investigation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

investigation (plural investigationes)

1. investigation

English

Etymology

Recorded since circa 1510, a Back-formation from investigation., from Latin invest?g?ti? (“a searching into”), from invest?g?tus, the past participle of investigare, equivalent to in- +? vestigate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?n.?v?s.t?.?e??t]

Verb

investigate (third-person singular simple present investigates, present participle investigating, simple past and past participle investigated)

1. (transitive) To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.

2. (transitive) To examine, look into, or scrutinize in order to discover something hidden or secret.

3. (intransitive) To conduct an inquiry or examination.
   • 1903, Jack London, "The Shadow and the Flash,"

     "Why don't you investigate?" he demanded. And investigate I did.

Synonyms

• underseek

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• investigate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• investigate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• investigate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Verb

investigate

1. second-person plural present indicative of investigare
2. second-person plural imperative of investigare
3. feminine plural of investigato

Latin

Verb

invest?g?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of invest?g?