investigate a problem

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• investigate — in‧ves‧ti‧gate [ɪnˈvestgeɪt] verb [intransitive, transitive] to try to discover the truth about a crime, accident etc: • The fraud office is investigating allegations of insider trading by a former employee of the firm. investigation noun… …   Financial and business terms

• Problem solving — forms part of thinking. Considered the most complex of all intellectual functions, problem solving has been defined as higher order cognitive process that requires the modulation and control of more routine or fundamental skills (Goldstein Levin …   Wikipedia

• problem — ► NOUN 1) an unwelcome or harmful matter needing to be dealt with. 2) a thing that is difficult to achieve. 3) Physics & Mathematics an inquiry starting from given conditions to investigate or demonstrate something. ORIGIN Greek probl ma, from… …   English terms dictionary

• investigate — verb ADVERB ▪ carefully, closely, in detail ▪ extensively ▪ adequately, fully, properly, thoroughly …   Collocations dictionary

• problem — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sth that causes difficulties ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, big, enormous, grave, great, huge, important, major, serious, significant …   Collocations dictionary

• problem — n. 1 a doubtful or difficult matter requiring a solution (how to prevent it is a problem; the problem of ventilation). 2 something hard to understand or accomplish or deal with. 3 (attrib.) a causing problems; difficult to deal with (problem… …   Useful english dictionary

• investigate — in|ves|ti|gate W2 [ınˈvestıgeıt] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of investigare to follow the track of , from vestigium track ] 1.) [I and T] to try to find out the truth about or the cause of something such as a crime,… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• problem — noun 1》 an unwelcome or harmful matter needing to be dealt with and overcome.     ↘a thing that is difficult to achieve. 2》 Physics & Mathematics an inquiry starting from given conditions to investigate or demonstrate something. 3》 (in chess) an… …   English new terms dictionary

• Hilbert's sixteenth problem — was posed by David Hilbert at the Paris conference of the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1900, together with the other 22 problems. The original problem was posed as the Problem of the topology of algebraic curves and surfaces (… …   Wikipedia

• RPR Problem Diagnosis — RPR is a problem diagnosis method specifically designed to determine the Root Cause of IT problems. Overview RPR deals with failures, incorrect output and performance issues, and its particular strengths are in the diagnosis of ongoing recurring… …   Wikipedia

• Somebody Else's Problem — (also known as Someone else s problem or SEP ) is an effect that causes people to ignore matters which are generally important to a group but may not seem specifically important to the individual. Author Douglas Adams s description of the effect …   Wikipedia