26984 words

probe

11 definitions • 14 examples
1
to try to discover information that other people do not want you to know, by asking questions carefully and not directly:

Examples:

The interviewer probed deep into her private life.
The article probes (= tries to describe and explain) the mysteries of nationalism in modern Europe.
2
to examine something with a tool, especially in order to find something that is hidden:

Examples:

They probed in/into the mud with a special drill.
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Examples:

an FBI probe into corruption
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a long, thin metal tool used by doctors to examine inside someone
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a device that is put inside something to test or record information
6
to search into or examine something:

Examples:

[ I ] Investigators are probing into new evidence in the case.
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To probe something with a tool is to examine it:

Examples:

[ T ] Using a special instrument, the doctor probed the wound for the bullet.
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A probe is also a long, thin tool used by doctors in medical examinations or operations.
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the process of asking questions and examining facts in a situation, often in order to discover information that someone may be hiding:

Examples:

corruption/criminal/federal probe Alarm bells rang around the City after the investment bank revealed it had widened its accounting probes.
a probe into sth The fund manager was arrested following a probe into alleged corruption.
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Examples:

probe into sth High-end investors began to probe into the fund's performance and demanded better returns.
He says the problems prompted him as a journalist to probe deeper, even after the issues disappeared from the media.

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