detective
gb/dɪtˈɛktɪv/ us/dɪtˈɛktɪv/
B1
Inglês
~ 2900
Acepções
0 acepção
Substantivo
B1
entity
1
Person who investigates crimes
A person whose job is to find out who did a crime and get proof.
Padrão de uso:
[someone] works as a detective
Erro comum:
Learners sometimes confuse 'detective' with 'police officer'. While all detectives can be police officers, not all police officers are detectives.
Sinônimos
investigator (A broader term that can include people investigating non-criminal matters.)
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sleuth (Informal or literary term for a detective, often used in fiction.)
Antônimos
criminal (Opposite role in the context of crime; a person committing crimes rather than solving them.)
Colocações
private detective
|police detective
|undercover detective
|detective work
|detective agency
Temas
law
|crime
|work
|core_vocabulary
Exemplos
- 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.
Exemplos para estudantes
- 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.
Gramática
Forma no dicionário
detective
AFI
GB/dɪtˈɛktɪv/
US/dɪtˈɛktɪv/
Sílabas e tonicidade
de - tect - ive (3 sílabas)
Stress on 2nd syllable (tect)
Formas da palavra
Noun
- Base: detective
- Plural: detectives
Família de palavras
Forms
detectives
noun
Related words
detector
noun B2
detectable
adjective C1
Negative and opposite forms
undetectable
adjective
Expressões
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.
Exemplos
- 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.
Exemplos
- It took some clever detective work to find the missing files.
- Her success was due to good detective work.