detective
/dɪˈtɛktɪv/ verb C2- To be or act as or like a detective.
- To investigate or find information about (someone or something) as or like a detective.
He/she/it detectives · Past detectived · Past participle detectived · -ing form detectiving
Verb forms
- Base form
- detective
- He/she/it
- detectives
- Past
- detectived
- Past participle
- detectived
- -ing form
- detectiving
From the library
He was a young but trusted member of the detective force, who had distinguished himself in several cases which had been intrusted to him.
Once—well, I can hardly tell about the once to an official detective.
“Jonathan Wild wasn’t a detective, and he wasn’t in a novel.
“All knowledge comes useful to the detective,” remarked Holmes.
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