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Word entry · 5 letters

probe

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"Investigate"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /pɹəʊb/Part of speech noun, verbSorted beoprStarts with PEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

For verb: borrowed from Latin probare (“to test, examine, prove”), from probus (“good”). Doublet of prove.

Used in a sentence

  • You know, XR178.9, we haven't done any anal probes in a while.
  • You listen here! We don't do anal probes like other aliens, but I'm about to make an exception!
  • They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.

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