B2nouncrimespace
US/proʊb/
UK/prəʊb/
a careful investigation into something; also a spacecraft or tool sent to collect information
In context
Police have opened a probe into the missing funds.
The space probe sent back clear photos of Jupiter.
A government probe found that the bridge was badly built.
Words that go with probe
noun + preposition
- probe intoThe minister ordered a probe into the hospital deaths.
noun + noun
- space probeThe space probe will reach Mars next year.
- police probeThe police probe is still going on.
- corruption probeThree officials lost their jobs after a corruption probe.
verb + noun
- launch a probeRegulators launched a probe after customers complained.