detectives
Meaning of detectives
plural noun
- a person, especially a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes.
detectives are anxious to interview anyone who saw the car
mid 19th century: from detect. The noun was originally short for detective policeman, from an adjectival use of the word in the sense ‘serving to detect’.
Information about detectives
- It is a name.
- Languages in which detectives is used:
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Catalan
GalicianHyphenation of detectives
de-tec-tives
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- detectives is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
detectives synonyms
Meaning a person who carries out a formal inquiry or investigation:
Meaning a secret agent or private detective:
Meaning a person who investigates crimes; a detective:
Meaning a device for lifting heavy objects, especially one for raising the axle of a motor vehicle off the ground so that a wheel can be changed or the underside inspected:
Meaning a furtive investigation:
Meaning a person who peeps at someone or something, especially in a voyeuristic way:
Meaning a private detective:
Meaning a detective:
Meaning a man's penis:
Meaning a score of one stroke over par at a hole:
Meaning a person who investigates mysteries or shows great perceptiveness:
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