detective
gb/dɪtˈɛktɪv/ us/dɪtˈɛktɪv/
B1
انگریزی
~ 2900
معانی
0 معانی
اسم
B1
entity
1
Person who investigates crimes
A person whose job is to find out who did a crime and get proof.
استعمال کا انداز:
[someone] works as a detective
عام غلطی:
Learners sometimes confuse 'detective' with 'police officer'. While all detectives can be police officers, not all police officers are detectives.
ہم معنی الفاظ
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.)
متضاد الفاظ
criminal (Opposite role in the context of crime; a person committing crimes rather than solving them.)
لفظی تراکیب
private detective
|police detective
|undercover detective
|detective work
|detective agency
موضوعات
law
|crime
|work
|core_vocabulary
مثالیں
- 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.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
- 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.
گرامر
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detective
IPA
GB/dɪtˈɛktɪv/
US/dɪtˈɛktɪv/
ہجا بندی اور زور
de - tect - ive (3 ہجے)
Stress on 2nd syllable (tect)
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Noun
- Base: detective
- Plural: detectives
متعلقہ الفاظ
Forms
detectives
noun
Related words
detector
noun B2
detectable
adjective C1
Negative and opposite forms
undetectable
adjective
عبارات
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.
مثالیں
- 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.
مثالیں
- It took some clever detective work to find the missing files.
- Her success was due to good detective work.