interrogate

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin interrogātus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɛɹ.ə.ɡeɪt/
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɛɹ.əˌɡeɪt/
    • (file)
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɛɹ.ə.ɡæɪt/

Verb

interrogate (third-person singular simple present interrogates, present participle interrogating, simple past and past participle interrogated)

  1. (transitive) to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner
    The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.
  2. (transitive, computing) to query; to request information from.
    to interrogate a database
  3. (transitive, literary) to examine critically.
    • 2015, Rita Kiki Edozie, Curtis Stokes, Malcolm X's Michigan Worldview: An Exemplar for Contemporary Black Studies, Michigan State University Press:
      Griffin's approach allows her to reveal Billie Holiday's resilient strength of character and to interrogate the racism she endured, which was as tragic as her personal mistakes.

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Further reading

Italian

Verb

interrogate

  1. inflection of interrogare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

interrogate f pl

  1. feminine plural of interrogato

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

interrogāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of interrogō

Spanish

Verb

interrogate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of interrogar combined with te
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