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investigation collapse: the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically

rhetorical collapse: concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking; "a rhetorical question is one asked solely to produce an effect (especially to make an assertion) rather than to elicit a reply"; of or relating to rhetoric; "accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White; "the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis Mumford

assess collapse: estimate the value of (property) for taxation; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years"; charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine

dragnet collapse: a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals); "caught in the police dragnet"

quest collapse: the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"; seek alms, as for religious purposes; search the trail of (game); "The dog went off and quested"; make a search (for); "Things that die with their eyes open and questing"; "The animal came questing through the forest"

grandiose collapse: impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval; affectedly genteel

random sample collapse: a sample grabbed at random; a sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected

research collapse: systematic investigation to establish facts; inquire into; "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"; "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"; attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner; "The student researched the history of that word"

read collapse: something that is read; "the article was a very good read"; to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"; interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"; look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon"; interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"; obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"; indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"; audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"; have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"

bunk collapse: a rough bed (as at a campsite); a long trough for feeding cattle; unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements); provide with a bunk; "We bunked the children upstairs"

calculate collapse: make a mathematical calculation or computation; judge to be probable; specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

pretentious collapse: making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"

pontificate collapse: talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner; "The new professor always pontificates"; administer a pontifical office

saturate collapse: cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance

inflated collapse: expanded by (or as if by) gas or air; "an inflated balloon"

inquiry collapse: a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest; a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"

frisk collapse: the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs; "he gave the suspect a quick frisk"; search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets; "The police frisked everyone at the airport"

search collapse: an investigation seeking answers; "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"; "the outcome justified the search"; boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas; "right of search"; the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone; the examination of alternative hypotheses; "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"; an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property; "they wrote a program to do a table lookup"; try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"; subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"; search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"

gaudy collapse: a celebratory feast held annually at one of the colleges in a British university

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