Detective

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
D
Pronunciation
/dɪˈtɛktɪv/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
Police

Examples in Context

  1. Detective(D)s are appealing for witnesses who may have seen anything suspicious
  2. Detective(D) Nardosa of the New York City Police Department.
  3. Despite careful detective work, many items have never been recovered.
  4. Journalists informed police who planted an undercover detective to trap Smith.
  5. The detective changed his holiday dates when his flight was brought forward and it now clashed with the trial.

Other meanings of D

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The Computing
Digital Academic
Dog Misc
Data Computing
Development Business
Diamond Academic
Department Gov
Degree Misc
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