detective

noun

/dɪˈtektɪv/

(abbreviation Det)

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a person, especially a police officer, whose job is to investigate crimes and catch criminals
- a police/homicide/undercover detective
- Several objects were taken away by detectives from the anti-terrorist squad.
- a detective story/novel
- Detective Inspector (Roger) Brown
- a detective constable/sergeant/superintendent
see also store detective
Wordfinder
- arrest
- charge
- cordon
- detain
- detective
- interrogate
- plain clothes
- police
- raid
- undercover
Extra Examples
- Sherlock Holmes was Conan Doyle's fictional detective.
- Thomson was the lead detective in the Ramsay case.
- detectives investigating the case
- A team of around 30 detectives and uniformed officers have been working on the case.
- He was arrested in Spain by Scotland Yard detectives.
- Detective Sergeant John Nelson
Topics Jobsa2, Law and justicea2, Crime and punishmenta2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- private
- undercover
- store
- …
verb + detective
- hire
detective + verb
- investigate something
detective + noun
- agency
- work
- fiction
- …
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a person employed by somebody to find out information about somebody/something see also private detective
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- private
- undercover
- store
- …
verb + detective
- hire
detective + verb
- investigate something
detective + noun
- agency
- work
- fiction
- …
See full entry

Word Originmid 19th cent.: from detect. The noun was originally short for detective policeman, from an adjectival use of the word in the sense ‘serving to detect’.

单词	detective
释义	detective noun /dɪˈtektɪv/ /dɪˈtektɪv/ (abbreviation Det) jump to other results a person, especially a police officer, whose job is to investigate crimes and catch criminals a police/homicide/undercover detective Several objects were taken away by detectives from the anti-terrorist squad. a detective story/novel Detective Inspector (Roger) Brown a detective constable/sergeant/superintendent see also store detective Wordfinder arrest charge cordon detain detective interrogate plain clothes police raid undercover Extra Examples Sherlock Holmes was Conan Doyle's fictional detective. Thomson was the lead detective in the Ramsay case. detectives investigating the case A team of around 30 detectives and uniformed officers have been working on the case. He was arrested in Spain by Scotland Yard detectives. Detective Sergeant John Nelson Topics Jobsa2, Law and justicea2, Crime and punishmenta2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective private undercover store … verb + detective hire detective + verb investigate something detective + noun agency work fiction … See full entry a person employed by somebody to find out information about somebody/something see also private detective Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective private undercover store … verb + detective hire detective + verb investigate something detective + noun agency work fiction … See full entry Word Originmid 19th cent.: from detect. The noun was originally short for detective policeman, from an adjectival use of the word in the sense ‘serving to detect’.
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