Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of or relating to investigation: investigative methods.
- adj. Characterized by or engaged in investigation; specializing in uncovering and reporting hidden information: investigative journalism.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to investigation; given to investigation; curious and deliberate in research.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of or pertaining to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. designed to find information or ascertain facts
Etymologies
- investigate + -ive (Wiktionary)
Examples
“And the second piece that you need is what I call investigative intuition.”
“He plans to use his profile as a former TV anchor who was highly visible in the political world in order to draw publicity and attention to long-term investigative projects that would otherwise have a tougher time breaking through all the clutter and noise.”
The Washington Post: David Shuster launching new investigative Web site
“But for now, let it be a lesson to aspiring young conservatives interested in investigative journalism: 'Know your limits.”
“Citizen journalists can play a key role in investigative journalism.”
“Not one person at Fox news or Rush Limbaugh or whoever has a basic college degree under thier belt in investigative journalism.”
““The main investigative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives reopened a probe of Lime Wire and other peer-to-peer file-sharing companies last week, citing data breaches blamed on the technology,” says CNEt News.”
“The joint investigative is working that as a key question.”
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“I stopped by only to recommend that you take a refresher course in investigative journalism and journalistic integrity.”
“I see you didn't take my earlier advice, which was to take a refresher course in investigative journalism and journalistic integrity.”
“These contradictions are all too typical of Mr. Baker, whose much mocked parallel career in investigative journalism has earned him the name Lewes ` s Miss Marple.”
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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TheLastGoodNameLeft
The Last Good Words Left
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Smallville
words relating to the TV show Smallville (the early years of Clark Kent!)
fly, friends, lies, super, shelby, daily planet, save, kansas, cornfields, barn, mansion, wall of weird and 74 more...
Tweets
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