Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to probe
Participle: probed
Gerund: probing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | probe |
| you | probe |
| he;she;it | probes |
| we | probe |
| you | probe |
| they | probe |
Perfect
| I | have probed |
| you | have probed |
| he;she;it | has probed |
| we | have probed |
| you | have probed |
| they | have probed |
Past
| I | probed |
| you | probed |
| he;she;it | probed |
| we | probed |
| you | probed |
| they | probed |
Pluperfect
| I | had probed |
| you | had probed |
| he;she;it | had probed |
| we | had probed |
| you | had probed |
| they | had probed |
Future
| I | will probe |
| you | will probe |
| he;she;it | will probe |
| we | will probe |
| you | will probe |
| they | will probe |
Future Perfect
| I | will have probed |
| you | will have probed |
| he;she;it | will have probed |
| we | will have probed |
| you | will have probed |
| they | will have probed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | probe |
| you | probe |
| he;she;it | probe |
| we | probe |
| you | probe |
| they | probe |
Perfect
| I | have probed |
| you | have probed |
| he;she;it | have probed |
| we | have probed |
| you | have probed |
| they | have probed |
Imperfect
| I | probed |
| you | probed |
| he;she;it | probed |
| we | probed |
| you | probed |
| they | probed |
Pluperfect
| I | had probed |
| you | had probed |
| he;she;it | had probed |
| we | had probed |
| you | had probed |
| they | had probed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would probe |
| you | would probe |
| he;she;it | would probe |
| we | would probe |
| you | would probe |
| they | would probe |
Perfect
| I | would have probed |
| you | would have probed |
| he;she;it | would have probed |
| we | would have probed |
| you | would have probed |
| they | would have probed |
Imperative
| you | probe |
| we | Let's probe |
| you | probe |
Verbs conjugated like 'probe'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'probe'
proke,
prose,
prove,
robe,
bribe,
brob,
brode,
broke,
crome,
derobe,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To observe or inspect carefully
- analyze, examine, inspect, look over, overlook, scrutinize, study
- investigate
- examine, explore, sound, prove, question, scrutinize, search
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1580, "instrument for exploring wounds, etc.," from M.L.
proba "examination," in L.L. "test, proof," from L.
probare (see prove). Meaning "act of probing" is 1890, from the verb; fig. sense of "penetrating investigation" is from 1903. Meaning "small, unmanned exploratory craft" is attested from 1953. The verb is first recorded 1649 (originally figurative; "to search thoroughly, interrogate"), from the noun.
2. For verb: borrowed from Latin probare (“to test, examine, prove”), from probus (“good”). Doublet of prove.
3. For noun: borrowed from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from probare (“to test, examine, prove”); Doublet of proof. Compare Spanish tienta (“a surgeon's probe”), from tentar (“try, test”); see tempt. See: Latin '
probare'.
Sample Sentences
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If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.
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the growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts of the crown [1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:]
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It was exhilarating to watch him share a meal and then probe deeper into the cultures, the politics, and the heartbeat of the people of the city or country he was in. He seemed so learned, but not in any pretentious way. [2019, Chris Meyer, (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 116:]