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- pronunciation:
- ihn
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geIt
- features:
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transitive verb & intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
interrogates, interrogating, interrogated |
| definition: |
to question at length and thoroughly, often for an official purpose.
The police interrogated the suspect for several hours.
- synonyms:
- grill, question
- similar words:
- catechize, cross-examine, examine, interpellate, pump, quiz
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| related words: |
ask, query |
adverb + (v.)interrogate
aggressively, brutally, constantly, reportedly, separately
(v.)interrogate
+ adverb
closely, fully, harshly
(v.)interrogate
+ noun
architecture,
assumption,
attorney,
authority,
captive,
crew,
detainee,
hour,
intelligence,
interrogation,
interrogator,
journalist,
magistrate,
notion,
oath,
official,
prisoner,
prosecutor,
representation,
spy,
suspect,
terror,
terrorism,
terrorist,
torture,
visitor,
witness
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| derivations: |
interrogation (n.), interrogator (n.) |
The word interrogate
contains the following parts:
inter-
Latin
prefix
that means between, among
  Example words:
interact, interactive, intercalate, intercede, intercept, interchange, intercollegiate, intercommunity, interconnect, interdependent, interdict, interfere, interferometer, interferon, interfuse, intergroup, interim, interject, interlace, interleave, interlinear, Interlingua, interlock, interlocutor, interloper, interlude, intermediary, intermediate, intermission, intermittent, intermix, intermolecular, international, internet, interpellate, interpolate, interpose, interpret, interracial, interrelate, interrogate, interrupt, intersect, intersection, intersperse, interstate, interstellar, intervene, intervertebral
rog, rogat
Latin
root
that means ask
Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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