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Synonyms for probe
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Wiktionary3.5 / 2 votes

  1. probenoun

    Synonyms:
    yosu-miru

  2. probenoun

    To explore, investigate, or question

    If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.

    Synonyms:
    yosu-miru

  3. probenoun

    To insert a probe into.

    Synonyms:
    yosu-miru

  4. probenoun

    An act of probing; a prod, a poke.

    Synonyms:
    yosu-miru

  5. probenoun

    An investigation or inquiry.

    They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.

    Synonyms:
    yosu-miru

  6. probenoun

    A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.

    Synonyms:
    yosu-miru

  7. probenoun

    A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it.

    Insert the probe into the soil and read the temperature.

    Synonyms:
    yosu-miru

  8. probenoun

    A small, usually unmanned, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.

    Synonyms:
    yosu-miru

  9. probenoun

    a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy

    Synonyms:
    yosu-miru

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.5 / 4 votes

  1. probe

    Synonyms:
    prove, test, scrutinize, verify, investigate, examine, search, silt, explore

    Antonyms:
    skim, misinvestigate, blink, misexamine, slur, miss, gloss

Princeton's WordNet1.7 / 3 votes

  1. probe, investigationnoun

    an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities

    "there was a congressional probe into the scandal"

    Synonyms:
    investigation, investigating

  2. probenoun

    a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities

    Synonyms:
    investigation

  3. probenoun

    an exploratory action or expedition

    Synonyms:
    investigation

  4. probeverb

    an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity

    Synonyms:
    investigation

  5. probe, examineverb

    question or examine thoroughly and closely

    Synonyms:
    see, examine, poke into, study, try, canvass, essay, test, analyze, prove, analyse, canvas, dig into, try out

  6. probe, dig into, poke intoverb

    examine physically with or as if with a probe

    "probe an anthill"

    Synonyms:
    poke into, dig into, examine

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. probeverb

    Synonyms:
    scrutinize, examine, search, sound, explore, sift, look into

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. probeverb

    Synonyms:
    investigate, examine

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How to use probe in a sentence?

  1. Erin Kara:

    Previously, astronomers had thought that the x-ray emission is coming from far out in a jet, but what we’re finding with these observations, is that the x-ray emission is coming from flares very close to the supermassive black hole. And we can use these observations to probe properties of the black hole itself.

  2. Vyacheslav Volodin:

    There was no probe yet, and it is unlikely to be impartial considering the current situation in Ukraine, that's why all statements made instantly are an attempt, on the one hand, to shuffle off the blame on to someone else. On the other hand, everything suggests that all that may have been orchestrated.

  3. James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr.:

    If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.

  4. Andrew Pekosz:

    Every time we see the virus circulating in the population, particularly a population that has pockets of immune people, vaccinated people, and pockets of unvaccinated people, you have a situation where the virus can probe.

  5. Mike Pompeo:

    What we objected to was the demands that were put that deeply violate fundamental principles of the separation of powers, they contacted State Department employees directly and told them not to contact legal counsel at State Department. Lawmakers from theForeign Affairs, Intelligence and Oversight committees moved forward with testimony from their first key witness Thursday --- former U.S. envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker, who resigned last week after receiving word his name had surfaced in the whistleblower complaint. Text messages released by Kurt Volker to Congress show U.S. officials involved with Ukraine arguing internally last month over whether Trump was engaged in a quid pro quo. Fox News on Friday also obtained Kurt Volker prepared testimony, in whichhe details Kurt Volker interactions with Rudy Giuliani lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who was probing whether Burisma had sought to garner influence with Joe Biden by paying high fees to Joe Biden son. A memorandum of the July 25 call between Rudy Giuliani and Zelensky released last month showed that while Rudy Giuliani sought a Ukrainian probe into the Joe Biden family, Rudy Giuliani did not explicitly use the $ 400 million in military aid as leverage. Trumptweeted Thursday that Rudy Giuliani had an.


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  • مِسْبَار, مسبارArabic
  • prošetření, sonda, průzkumCzech
  • SondeGerman
  • ερευνώ, καθετήρας, καθετηριάζω, αναδιφώGreek
  • sondear, sonda, sondar, sondeo, tientaSpanish
  • tiedustella, sondi, anturi, koetin, tutkia, luotain, tunnustella, tutkimus, selvitysFinnish
  • enquête, perche, sondeFrench
  • iarrScottish Gaelic
  • בדיקה, חקירה, מחקר, זונדהHebrew
  • հետաքննություն, զոնդArmenian
  • inchiesta, investigare, investigazione, sondaItalian
  • בדיקהHebrew
  • 探針, 探査機, 調査, 調査するJapanese
  • გამოკვლევა, ზონდიGeorgian
  • 탐사기Korean
  • averso specillo diducendumLatin
  • zondasLithuanian
  • ore, whakaoreore, rouMāori
  • sondeDutch
  • undersøke, sonde, utforskeNorwegian
  • АМС, щуп, зондирование, автомати́ческая межплане́тная ста́нция, зонд, расследовать, зондировать, исследование, расследование, исследоватьRussian
  • sond, utforskaSwedish
  • تحقیقاتUrdu
  • thăm dòVietnamese
  • זאָנדYiddish

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