detective
gb/dɪtˈɛktɪv/ us/dɪtˈɛktɪv/
B1
इंग्रजी
~ 2900
अर्थ
० अर्थ
नाम
B1
entity
1
Person who investigates crimes
A person whose job is to find out who did a crime and get proof.
वापर नमुना:
[someone] works as a detective
सामान्य चूक:
Learners sometimes confuse 'detective' with 'police officer'. While all detectives can be police officers, not all police officers are detectives.
समानार्थी शब्द
investigator (A broader term that can include people investigating non-criminal matters.)
|
sleuth (Informal or literary term for a detective, often used in fiction.)
विरुद्धार्थी शब्द
criminal (Opposite role in the context of crime; a person committing crimes rather than solving them.)
सहप्रयोग
private detective
|police detective
|undercover detective
|detective work
|detective agency
विषय
law
|crime
|work
|core_vocabulary
उदाहरणे
- The detective interviewed several witnesses to the robbery.
- She hired a private detective to follow her business partner.
- Detectives found new evidence at the crime scene.
- The police detective worked tirelessly on the murder case.
शिकणाऱ्यांसाठी उदाहरणे
- The detective asked me questions about the night.
- A detective looks for clues to solve crimes.
- My uncle is a police detective.
- The detective found the stolen car.
व्याकरण
शब्दकोशातील रूप
detective
IPA
GB/dɪtˈɛktɪv/
US/dɪtˈɛktɪv/
अक्षरविभाग आणि जोर
de - tect - ive (३ अक्षरखंड)
Stress on 2nd syllable (tect)
शब्दरूपे
Noun
- Base: detective
- Plural: detectives
संबंधित शब्द
Forms
detectives
noun
Related words
detector
noun B2
detectable
adjective C1
Negative and opposite forms
undetectable
adjective
वाक्प्रचार
detective story
1/dɪtˈɛktɪv stˈɔɹi/
fixed phrase
Fiction about solving a crime
A story, often in a book or movie, about a person who finds out who did a crime.
उदाहरणे
- I love reading old-fashioned detective stories.
- The movie is based on a famous detective story.
detective work
1/dɪtˈɛktɪv wˈɚk/
fixed phrase
Investigating to solve a case or problem
The careful work of finding out facts to solve a crime or problem.
उदाहरणे
- It took some clever detective work to find the missing files.
- Her success was due to good detective work.