interrogation

«interrogation» in Mova's school dictionary: long, close questioning of someone, especially by police… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an interrogation, interrogations; also uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) An interrogation is long, close questioning of someone, especially by police or soldiers, to get information. tree →

2) (informal, humorous) An interrogation can be any long string of questions, like from a parent. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and crime shows: the detective's interrogation of a suspect. In everyday humour: "I got a full interrogation when I came home late." In grammar: an interrogative sentence asks a question. Phrases: under interrogation, interrogation room.

examples

• The police kept the suspect in the interrogation room. tree →
• Under interrogation, the thief told the truth. tree →
• Mum's interrogation about my muddy shoes lasted ten minutes. tree →
• The spy refused to talk during the interrogation. tree →
• The detective began the interrogation calmly. tree →
• I faced an interrogation from my little sister about Father Christmas. tree →

note

Verb: interrogate; person: interrogator. Spelling: double r (inte-rr-ogation). Related grammar word: interrogative (a question sentence ending with "?").

In the corpora

• "Enhanced interrogation" means torture (US).
• "Extraordinary rendition" means secretly moving a prisoner to another country for interrogation, long hard questioning (US).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «interrogation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.