investigate

Other forms of investigate

past tense

investigated·

present participle

investigating·

third person

investigates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about investigate

What does investigate mean?

investigate means "investigate scientifically". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in investigate?

investigate has 4 syllables: in-ves-ti-gate. The stress falls on "ves". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌɡeɪt/.

What is another word for investigate?

Close synonyms include look into, inquire, enquire. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is investigate a common word?

investigate is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with investigate?

28 words rhyme with investigate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.