[
UK
/pɹˈəʊb/
]
[ US /ˈpɹoʊb/ ]
[ US /ˈpɹoʊb/ ]
NOUN
-
an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities
there was a congressional probe into the scandal - an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity
- an exploratory action or expedition
- a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities
VERB
- question or examine thoroughly and closely
-
examine physically with or as if with a probe
probe an anthill
How To Use probe In A Sentence
- Despite serious technical obstacles, space agency officials are considering whether to launch a Jupiter space probe powered entirely by sunlight.
- AN autopsy on the body of a man found dead in a house has sparked a murder probe. The Sun
- Bars around the lions den were said to have been missing and a probe has begun. The Sun
- Experts probed the origin of the sulphurous smell which appeared at the beginning of February after calls from worried Benfleet and Canvey residents who were left spluttering.
- The employee needs to probe deeply and almost overcommunicate why they wanted to leave and see if it will change in the future," says Peter Vergano, senior manager of human-resources strategic staffing for Samsung Electronics Americas. When to Take a Counteroffer From Your Employer
- The probe will hit the coldest layer of the atmosphere, the tropopause, at about 28 miles, where expected temperatures hover around minus 390 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 200 degrees Celsius).
- U.K. police arrested a female police officer on suspicion of corruption, as a multipronged probe into alleged wrongdoing tied to the News of the World tabloid continues to gather momentum. What's News—
- The acts were not just reluctant to offend, but even to probe beyond the first middle-class convention they came up against.
- Current foreign correspondent and announcer for News Probe.
- Esophageal probes have been used mainly in the operating room, but esophageal temperature is rarely monitored in critical care areas, and placement of the probe varies.