Meaning & use
probe
To investigate or examine something thoroughly and carefully, often to uncover hidden information.
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Detectives probed the company's financial records for evidence of fraud.
The interviewer probed further when the candidate's answer seemed evasive.
A note on using this word
As a noun, probe also names a slender instrument used to explore a wound or cavity, or an unmanned spacecraft sent to explore space.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
An unmanned spacecraft or instrument sent to explore and gather data from a distant or hard-to-reach place.
The space probe transmitted images of the planet's surface back to Earth.
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