Probes
/ˈproʊbz/
Definitions
- (n.) Formal investigations by a legal authority to ascertain facts or compliance.
The government launched probes into corporate fraud.
- (v.) Third-person singular present of probe.
The committee probes financial irregularities in the contract.
Forms
- probe
- probing
- probed
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Commentary
As a plural noun, 'probes' refers to multiple formal investigations; as a verb, it is the present tense of 'probe'—avoid redundant full definitions for inflected forms.
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