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interrogating

interrogating is the present participle and gerund of interrogate.

Meaning of interrogate

Verb

interrogate (third-person singular simple present interrogates, present participle interrogating, simple past and past participle interrogated)

  1. (transitive) To question or quiz, especially in a thorough or aggressive manner.
    • The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.
  2. (transitive) To query (something); to request information from (something).
    • to interrogate a database
  3. (literary, transitive) To examine (something) critically.
    • Griffin's approach allows her to reveal Billie Holiday's resilient strength of character and to interrogate the racism she endured, which was as tragic as her personal mistakes.2015, Rita Kiki Edozie, Curtis Stokes, Malcolm X's Michigan Worldview: An Exemplar for Contemporary Black Studies, Michigan State University Press

Noun

interrogating (countable and uncountable, plural interrogatings)

  1. An instance of interrogating.
    • Now, wisdom to the other can materialize, for example, in terms of the interrogatings, actionings, and understandings that will take place beyond 'a set of self-serving narratives' facilitating the deployment of epistemic power […]2022, Pierre Legrand, Negative Comparative Law: A Strong Programme for Weak Thought, page 223

Forms of interrogating

pluralinterrogatings

Questions about interrogating

What does interrogating mean?
Interrogating means an instance of interrogating.
What is interrogating the present participle and gerund of?
Interrogating is the present participle and gerund of interrogate.
What part of speech is interrogating?
Interrogating is a noun.
What is the plural of interrogating?
The plural of interrogating is interrogatings.

Words near interrogating in the dictionary

  1. interrogated
  2. interrogatee
  3. interrogatees
  4. interrogates
  5. interrogatest
  6. interrogating
  7. interrogatingly
  8. interrogatings
  9. interrogation
  10. interrogation mark
  11. interrogation marks

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