Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reinvestigate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: rein-ves-ti-gate
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To investigate again

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English investigate English reinvestigate From re- + investigate.

Inflected Forms

reinvestigates (present, singular) reinvestigating (participle, present) reinvestigated (participle, past) reinvestigated (past) re-investigate (alternative)

Derived Forms

reinvestigator

Questions

What does reinvestigate mean?: To investigate again
Where does reinvestigate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English investigate English reinvestigate From re- + investigate.

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