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interrogate

/ɪnˈterəɡeɪt/verb

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verb
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    [T] ~ sb

    to ask somebody a lot of questions over a long period of time, especially in an aggressive way

    पूछताछ करना

    • The police interrogated the suspect for hours.
    • The officers interrogated each shopkeeper separately, hoping to find the person behind the fraud.
    • Officers interrogated the witness for several hours.
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    • The suspect was interrogated about the stolen jewellery.
    • A panel of experts interrogated the candidate on his research.

    Synonyms question examine cross-examine quiz grill

    Opposite answer reply

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in·ter·ro·gate

With double r (not 'interogate').

अक्सर पूछा जाता है: in-ter-ro-gate, दो r ('interogate' गलत है)।

?Which word?

Keep the question words together: interrogate (formally and aggressively, by police), question, cross-examine (in court, by the other side's lawyer), quiz, grill (informal).

प्रश्न के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: interrogate (औपचारिक और कठोरता से, पुलिस द्वारा), question, cross-examine (अदालत में, विपक्ष के वकील द्वारा), quiz, grill (अनौपचारिक)।

§Grammar and usage

An interrogative sentence asks a question ('Where are you going?'); interrogative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, what.

Interrogative sentence प्रश्न पूछता है ('Where are you going?'); interrogative pronouns who, whom, whose, which, what हैं।