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Meaning of "detective-like" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DETECTIVE-LIKE

detective-like  [dɪˈtɛktɪvˌlaɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DETECTIVE-LIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Detective-Like is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DETECTIVE-LIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of detective-like in the English dictionary

The definition of detective-like in the dictionary is like a detective, having characteristics of a detective.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DETECTIVE-LIKE


bird-like
ˈbɜːdˌlaɪk
cavelike
ˈkeɪvˌlaɪk
childlike
ˈtʃaɪldˌlaɪk
dovelike
ˈdʌvˌlaɪk
godlike
ˈɡɒdˌlaɪk
gravelike
ˈɡreɪvˌlaɪk
groovelike
ˈɡruːvˌlaɪk
hivelike
ˈhaɪvˌlaɪk
homelike
ˈhəʊmˌlaɪk
human-like
ˈhjuːmənˌlaɪk
ladylike
ˈleɪdɪˌlaɪk
lifelike
ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk
lookalike
ˈlʊkəˌlaɪk
sievelike
ˈsɪvˌlaɪk
sleevelike
ˈsliːvˌlaɪk
summer-like
ˈsʌməˌlaɪk
sunlike
ˈsʌnˌlaɪk
valvelike
ˈvælvˌlaɪk
wandlike
ˈwɒndˌlaɪk
wavelike
ˈweɪvˌlaɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DETECTIVE-LIKE

detectable
detecter
detectible
detection
detective
detective chief inspector
detective chief superintendent
detective constable
detective device
detective inspector
detective novel
detective sergeant
detective story
detective superintendent
detective work
detectivist
detectophone
detector
detector van
detectorist

WORDS THAT END LIKE DETECTIVE-LIKE

cell-like
cloth-like
daughter-like
dislike
garden-like
guitar-like
hammer-like
jelly-like
jewel-like
like-for-like
metal-like
oil-like
scale-like
shell-like
stone-like
tail-like
village-like
virus-like
water-like
winter-like
woman-like

Synonyms and antonyms of detective-like in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «detective-like» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DETECTIVE-LIKE

Find out the translation of detective-like to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of detective-like from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «detective-like» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

侦探类
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

detectivesca
570 millions of speakers

English

detective-like
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जासूस की तरह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مثل المباحث
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

детектив - как
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

detetive -like
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গোয়েন্দা মত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

détective comme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Detektif seperti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

detektivische
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

探偵のような
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

탐정 같은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Detektif-kaya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thám tử giống như
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துப்பறியும் போன்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुप्त पोलिस-सारखे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dedektif gibi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

detective -like
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jak detektyw
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

детектив - як
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- detectiv ca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ντετέκτιβ - όπως
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

speurder -agtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

detektiv liknande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

detektiv -lignende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of detective-like

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DETECTIVE-LIKE»

The term «detective-like» is used very little and occupies the 153.118 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DETECTIVE-LIKE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «detective-like» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «detective-like» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about detective-like

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DETECTIVE-LIKE»

Discover the use of detective-like in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to detective-like and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
What's a Daring Detective Like Me Doing in the Doghouse?
Stevie Diamond and her friend Jessie Kulniki combine Stevie's job walking dogs with their efforts to apprehend the Prankster, who is responsible for a series of not-so-serious crimes around Vancouver.
Linda Bailey, 1997
2
What's a Serious Detective Like Me Doing in Such a Silly Movie?
To see her name in lights, Stevie jumps at the chance to be an extra in a local film.
Linda Bailey, 2002
3
Trueman Bradley - Aspie Detective
Trueman Bradley is a genius detective with a difference, he has Asperger's Syndrome (AS).
Alexei Maxim Russell, 2011
4
How Can a Brilliant Detective Shine in the Dark?
Stevie attends a family reunion and a gigantic mystery unfolds--involving a hidden cave, missing gold and maybe a murder.
Linda Bailey, 1999
5
Detecting Men: Masculinity and the Hollywood Detective Film
But in the 1930s, this image ofa stable and happy society was popular, and detective series were produced for a variety of different audience interests, from the female detective like Hildegarde Withers, to the child detective like Nancy Drew, ...
Philippa Gates, 2012
6
The Blues Detective: A Study of African American Detective ...
Sadipe's background and family are extremely important to understanding his success as a detective. Like Hagar's Daughter, the novel is a study in conflicting cultures and a severe indictment of racial bigotry and prejudice. However, where as ...
Stephen F. Soitos, 1996
7
An Introduction to the Detective Story
In Britain, the hard-boiled detective, like Peter Cheyney's Lemmy Caution, brought a variety of violence to the detective story that challenged the rococo intellectualism of the golden age novel. More thoughtful writers began to see the classical ...
LeRoy Panek, 1987
8
Making the Detective Story American: Biggers, Van Dine and ...
The lone detective, like the lone intellectual and unlike the lone gunman, uses his grey cells, not his six-shooter, and he rides in a hansom cab or an Hispano Suiza , not upon a palomino. Where the hero of the Western operates in a mythic ...
J.K. Van Dover, 2010
9
Master Detective: The Life and Crimes of Ellis Parker, ...
Suddenly, everyone was an amateur detective, like the heroes in the currently popular stories of Ellery Queen, Dashiell Hammett, Agatha Christie, and S.S. Van Dine. The theories, speculation, rumors, and outright gossip continued to swirl ...
John Reisinger, 2007
10
The Female Detective. Edited by A. F.
... who of course are very useful to men and women of my calling), I determined to be quite certain I was not wasting my time, and to be well assured I was not about to waste my money ; for it often happens that a detective, like any other trader, ...
Andrew Forrester, 1868

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DETECTIVE-LIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term detective-like is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Baseball Gets the All Star Game It Deserves | The Big Lead
... ties like the Colin Farrell character — call it a detective-like hunch. Fans probably enjoyed the All Star Game back in the day a lot more — hell ... «The Big Lead, Jul 15»
2
42 days later: Liberia declared Ebola-free
But a successful response needed a host of other activities, including difficult logistics, detective-like investigations into how new cases ... «Devex, May 15»
3
The Messengers: Path to Paradise Review
Is it a series about a found family of angels and their detective-like mission to stop the apocalypse? Is it a government conspiracy theory drama ... «Den of Geek!, May 15»
4
10 Actual Ways To Make Your Love Last In This Cynical Generation
Some people go on a detective-like search for things that their partners do wrong, maybe because they want some ammo for the next time they ... «Elite Daily, Apr 15»
5
How PayPal uses deep learning and detective work to fight fraud
... often in conjunction with human experts in what Wang describes as a “detective-like methodology.” The deep learning algorithms are able to ... «Gigaom, Mar 15»
6
Sex Versus Survival: The Life and Ideas of Sabina Spielrein, by …
In this gripping, archive-based, detective-like tale, he debunks depictions by Cronenberg and others of Spielrein, her affair with Jung, and ... «Times Higher Education, Feb 15»
7
TV Review: 'Vanity Fair Confidential'
... before proceeding to detail Weinberger's trail of lies, as well as Kramer's globetrotting, detective-like efforts to track him down and discover ... «Variety, Jan 15»
8
Mysterious affairs
So it's high time that the genre gets its own festival, and in order to demystify the event, I have been, detective-like, interrogating various ... «Livemint, Jan 15»
9
The 15 Most Eccentric TV Detectives
Few actors have a less detective-like appearance than Tom Bosley in a priest's collar, which is what made Father Dowling Mysteries such a ... «Rotten Tomatoes, Sep 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Detective-Like [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/detective-like>. May 2024 ».
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