interrogate
pronunciation
How to pronounce interrogate in British English:
UK [ɪnˈterəɡeɪt]
How to pronounce interrogate in American English:
US [ɪnˈterəɡeɪt]
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- Verb:
- transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication
- pose a series of questions to
Word Origin
- interrogate
- interrogate: see prerogative
- interrogate (v.)
- late 15c., a back-formation from interrogation, or else from Latin interrogatus, past participle of interrogare "to ask, question" (see interrogation). Related: Interrogated; interrogating.
Example
- 1. Mason decides to interrogate penticoff himself .
- 2. Interrogate suspects separately and get them to incriminate one another-that 's how cops do it .
- 3. You interrogate them until they concede they are zionist agents .
- 4. The police try to interrogate the monkey .
- 5. The analysis should lead you to interrogate your own assumptions about why the problem is significant .