investigators
- 1Plural of investigator.
Federal investigators traced the funds through several offshore accounts.
The crash site was sealed off until the investigators could examine the wreckage.
Note
A regular plural built on an agent noun: the verb investigate takes the Latinate -or rather than -er, and the plural simply adds -s. The spelling to watch is that suffix, which is never investigaters. The possessive puts the apostrophe after the s (the investigators' report), while investigator's belongs to a single one. It takes plural agreement: investigators are, not is.
investigators is a form of investigator
investigator, noun: A person who examines facts and gathers evidence in order to learn the truth about something. Full entry
- Forms
- investigatorinvestigators plural
- Spelling
- investigator → investigators: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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