INTERROGATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interrogate mean? 

• INTERROGATE (verb)
  The verb INTERROGATE has 2 senses:

1. transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication

2. pose a series of questions to

  Familiarity information: INTERROGATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERROGATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they interrogate    ... he / she / it interrogates   
Past simple: interrogated   
Past participle: interrogated   
-ing form: interrogating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "interrogate" is one way to...):

air; beam; broadcast; send; transmit (broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television)

Domain category:

broadcast medium; broadcasting (a medium that disseminates via telecommunications)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

interrogation (a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pose a series of questions to

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

interrogate; question

Context example:

We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion

Hypernyms (to "interrogate" is one way to...):

ask; enquire; inquire (address a question to and expect an answer from)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

interrogation (an instance of questioning)

interrogation (formal systematic questioning)

interrogation (a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply)

interrogative (relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation)

interrogator (a questioner who is excessively harsh)

interrogatory (relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation)

 Context examples 

Issue associated with the device failure to appropriately respond to signals from a system designed to interrogate its status.

(Failure to Interrogate Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)