detective
US: /dɪˈtɛktɪv/
UK: /dɪtˈɛktɪv/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
detective /di'tektiv/- tính từ
- để dò ra, để tìm ra, để khám phá ra, để phát hiện ra; trinh thám
- a detective novel: tiểu thuyết trinh thám
- để dò ra, để tìm ra, để khám phá ra, để phát hiện ra; trinh thám
- danh từ
- thám tử trinh thám
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun (abbreviation Det)1 a person, especially a police officer, whose job is to examine crimes and catch criminals: Detective Inspector (Roger) Brown + detectives from the anti-terrorist squad + a detective story / novel
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2 a person employed by sb to find out information about sb/sth
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Thesaurus dictionary
n.
investigator, private investigator, CID man, policeman, constable, Colloq private eye, sleuth, Sherlock, snoop, snooper, Brit tec, US P.I., dick, Hawkshaw; Slang cop, copper, US and Canadian gumshoe, peeper:
Detectives have at last solved the case of the missing weapon.
Collocation
ADJ.
private
She hired a private detective to follow her husband.
| undercover | store
The store detective was keeping a close eye on a suspected shoplifter.
VERB + DETECTIVE
hire
DETECTIVE + VERB
investigate sth
detectives investigating the case
DETECTIVE + NOUN
agency | work
We are going to have to do some detective work on this.
| fiction, novel, series, story
Concise dictionary
detectives-tɪvnoun
+a police officer who investigates crimes
+an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
