investigating

1. 1.

   the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically

   Synonymsinvestigation

   Broaderwork

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Other forms of investigating

plural

investigatings·

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 investigating

What does investigating mean?

investigating means "the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically".

How many syllables are in investigating?

investigating has 5 syllables: in-ves-ti-ga-ting. The stress falls on "ves". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈvɛstəˌɡeɪtɪŋ/.

What is another word for investigating?

Close synonyms include investigation. 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 investigating a common word?

investigating 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 investigating?

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