Definition: Research

Etymology

From early Modern French rechercher (to examine closely), from Old French recerchier (to seek, to look for), by surface analysis, re- + search.

Noun

research (countable and uncountable, plural researches)

Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc. (that are currently available, or that are familiar to one's self).
The research station that houses Wang and his team is outside Lijiang, a city of about 1.2 million people.

Derived terms

action research
advocacy research
basic research
bioresearch
bioresearcher
consumer research
coresearcher
customer research
eco-research
empirical research
historical research
marketing research
market research
operational research
operations research
opposition research
overresearched
primary research
qualitative research
quantitative research
researchability
researchable
researcher
researchful
research professor
scientific research
secondary research
space research
structural research
underresearched
unobtrusive research
unresearchability
unresearchable
unresearched

Related terms

research paper

Verb

research (third-person singular simple present researches, present participle researching, simple past and past participle researched)

(transitive) To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
(intransitive) To make an extensive investigation into.
(transitive) To search again.

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