How do you pronounce probe?

probe is pronounced as /proʊb/.

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probe

🔍probe

verb, noun

/proʊb/

B2 Upper Intermediate

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Meaning

to investigate thoroughly; a device used for exploration or examination

An unmanned exploratory spacecraft designed to transmit information about its environment.

Example Sentences

The journalist probed into the politician’s past.

The probe collected data from the planet's surface.

Example Expressions

probe deeper

Synonyms

investigate, examine, explore, scrutinize, research, investigation, exploration, spacecraft, sensor, detector, scanner

Entry 1

investigate, examine, explore, scrutinize, research

Entry 2

investigation, exploration, spacecraft, sensor, detector, scanner

Antonyms

ignore, neglect, overlook, avoid, dismiss, disregard

Entry 1

ignore, neglect, overlook

Entry 2

neglect, ignore, overlook, avoid, dismiss, disregard

Collocations

probe into, space probe, probe question, probe deeper

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