interrogation
/ɪnˌteɹ.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
interrogation noun: the act of interrogating or questioning; an examination by questions; an inquiry.
Noun
interrogation (countable and uncountable, plural interrogations)
- The act of interrogating or questioning; an examination by questions; an inquiry.
- There is no interrogation in his eyes / Or in the hands, quiet over the horse's neck, / And the eyes watchful, waiting, perceiving, indifferent.1936 April, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “[Unfinished Poems.] Coriolan. I. Triumphal March.”, in Collected Poems 1909–1935, London: Faber & Faber […], published September 1954, →OCLC, page 136
- As an isolating language Belter Creole is rich in particles. Particles are used to indicate both negation and interrogation: na is the negative particle and it is placed before the verb2021 October 5, Gessica Puccini, “Lang Belta: the Belter language from SYFY/Amazon’s The Expanse”, in Lingoblog
- Synonyms:
- questioning
- A question put; an inquiry.
- A question mark.
interrogation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
interrogation in Hindi
- act of interrogating or questioning
- पूछताछ pūchtāch
interrogation in Tamil
- உசாவல், குறுக்கு நெடுக்கே விசாரித்தல், கேள்வி கேட்டல், வினாவல், விசாரணை
interrogation in Urdu
- باز پرس, پرسش, پوچھ گچھ
interrogation in Bengali
- interrogation, cross-examination
- জেরা jera
- interrogation, questioning
- জিজ্ঞাসাবাদ jiggasabad
More languagesFewer languages
- interrogation in Kannada
- ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ ಮಾಡುವುದು, ವಿಚಾರಣೆ ಮಾಡುವುದು
- interrogation in Arabic
- تَحْقِيق مَعَ taḥqīq maʕa, اِسْتِجْوَاب istijwāb, اِسْتِنْطَاق istinṭāq
- interrogation in Malay
- soal siasat
- interrogation in Indonesian
- interogasi, sudi siasat, kompes, penanyaan
- interrogation in Persian
- بازجویی bâzjuyi, استنطاق estentâq, بازپرسی bâzporsi
- interrogation in Vietnamese
- thẩm vấn
Examples of interrogation in a sentence
- We do not discuss specific interrogation techniques because they are classified information.
- Military prosecutors said al-Kahtani would be unprosecutable because of what was done to him during interrogation.
- Court ruled that physical evidence that was the fruit of an unmirandized interrogation need not be suppressed.
Synonyms of interrogation
Forms of interrogation
| plural | interrogations |
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Origin of interrogation
From Middle English interrogacion, from Old French interrogacion, from Latin interrogātiō, from interrogō, from inter- (“between; among”) + rogō (“to ask; to request”). Equivalent to inter- + rogation or interrogate + -ion.
Words formed from interrogation
Phrases with interrogation
Words that rhyme with interrogation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about interrogation
- What does interrogation mean?
- Interrogation means the act of interrogating or questioning; an examination by questions; an inquiry.
- What is interrogation in Hindi?
- Interrogation in Hindi is पूछताछ (pūchtāch). See Interrogation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is interrogation?
- Interrogation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce interrogation?
- Interrogation is pronounced /ɪnˌteɹ.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of interrogation?
- The plural of interrogation is interrogations.
Words near interrogation in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: interrogation (page history and authors); interrogation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interrogation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); জিজ্ঞাসাবাদ (Bengali) (page history and authors); interrogation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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