- 1interrogate somebody to ask someone a lot of questions over a long period of time, especially in an aggressive way He was interrogated by the police for over 12 hours.
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- 2interrogate something (technology) to obtain information from a computer or other machine
interrogate
verbNAmE//ɪnˈtɛrəˌɡeɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they interrogate he / she / it interrogates
past simple interrogated
-ing form interrogating
NAmE//ɪnˌtɛrəˈɡeɪʃn//
noun [uncountable, countable] He confessed after four days under interrogation. She hated her parents' endless interrogations about where she'd been. Thesaurusinterview- interrogation
- audience
- consultation
- interview a formal meeting at which someone is asked questions, for example, to see if they are suitable for a particular job or course of study, or in order to find out their opinions about something:a job interview
- interrogation the process of asking someone a lot of questions, especially in an aggressive way, in order to get information; an occasion on which this is done:He confessed after four days of interrogation.
- audience a formal meeting with an important person:The Pope granted her a private audience.
- consultation a meeting with an expert, such as a lawyer or doctor, to get advice or treatment:A 30-minute consultation will cost $50.
- an in-depth interview/consultation
- a police interview/interrogation
- to have/request a(n) interview/audience/consultation >with>somebody
- to give/grant somebody a(n) interview/audience/consultation
- to carry out/conduct an interview/interrogation
NAmE//ɪnˈtɛrəˌɡeɪt̮ər//
noun His interrogators finally forced him to confess.See interrogate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: interrogate