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preinvestigate

preinvestigate verb: to investigate in advance.

Verb

preinvestigate (third-person singular simple present preinvestigates, present participle preinvestigating, simple past and past participle preinvestigated)

  1. (transitive) To investigate in advance.
    • It is very important to establish awareness among students to preinvestigate the toxic or hazardous properties of a chemical which they are about to use.1994, Takashi Korenaga, Hiroshi Tsukube, Sumio Shinoda, Hazardous Waste Control in Research and Education, page 16

Forms of preinvestigate

third-person singular presentpreinvestigates
present participlepreinvestigating
past participlepreinvestigated
pastpreinvestigated

Origin of preinvestigate

From pre- + investigate.

Questions about preinvestigate

What does preinvestigate mean?
Preinvestigate means to investigate in advance.
What part of speech is preinvestigate?
Preinvestigate is a verb.
What is the past tense of preinvestigate?
The past tense of preinvestigate is preinvestigated.

Words near preinvestigate in the dictionary

  1. preintubation
  2. preinvasion
  3. preinvasive
  4. preinvention
  5. preinventory
  6. preinvestigate
  7. preinvestigated
  8. preinvestigates
  9. preinvestigating
  10. preinvestigation
  11. preinvestigations

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