probe
verb/prəʊb/
/prəʊb/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they probe | /prəʊb/ /prəʊb/ |
| he / she / it probes | /prəʊbz/ /prəʊbz/ |
| past simple probed | /prəʊbd/ /prəʊbd/ |
| past participle probed | /prəʊbd/ /prəʊbd/ |
| -ing form probing | /ˈprəʊbɪŋ/ /ˈprəʊbɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to ask questions in order to find out secret or hidden information about somebody/something synonym investigate
- probe (into something) He didn't like the media probing into his past.
- probe something a TV programme that probed government scandals in the 1990s
- + speech ‘Then what happened?’ he probed.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- deeply
- further
- …
- for
- into
- with
- …
- [transitive] probe something to touch, examine or look for something, especially with a long, thin instrument
- The doctor probed the wound for signs of infection.
- Searchlights probed the night sky.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- deeply
- further
- …
- for
- into
- with
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from late Latin proba ‘proof’ (in medieval Latin ‘examination’), from Latin probare ‘to test’. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent.
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