research

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Etymology

Early Modern French rechercher (“to examine closely”), from Old French recerchier (“to seek, to look for”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɹəˈsɜː(ɹ)tʃ/, /ˈɹiː.sɜː(ɹ)tʃ/, SAMPA: /r@"s3:(r)tS/, /"ri:.s3:(r)tS/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)tʃ
• (US) IPA: /ˈɹi.sɝtʃ/, SAMPA: /"ri.s3`tS/; IPA: /ɹiˈsɝtʃ/

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Noun

research (countable and uncountable; plural researches)

1. (uncountable) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, et cetera; laborious or continued search after truth.
2. (countable) A particular instance or piece of research.

Synonyms

• researches
• investigation
• exploration
• examination
• study
• inquiry
• scrutiny

Derived terms

desk research empirical research field research historical research

primary research proresearch qualitative research quantitative research scientific research secondary research

Translations

inquiry or examination

Afrikaans: navors Arabic: بحث (ar) m. Chinese (Mandarin): 研究 Czech: výzkum (cs) m. Finnish: tutkimus (fi) French: recherche (fr) f. German: Forschung (de) f. Haitian Creole: rechèch Hungarian: kutatás (hu) Indonesian: penelitian (id) Japanese: 研究 (ja) (kenkyū)

Korean: 연구 (ko) (yeon-gu) Persian: تحقیق (fa), پژوهش (fa) Polish: badania (pl) pl. Portuguese: pesquisa (pt) f., investigação (pt) f. Russian: исследование (ru) (issl'édovanije) n. Swahili: utafiti (sw) Swedish: forskning (sv) c. Tajik: таҳқиқ (tg), пажуҳиш (tg) Telugu: పరిశోధన (te) (pariSOdhana) Turkish: araştırma (tr) Zazaki: cıgêyraış m.

piece of research

Afrikaans: navorsing Finnish: tutkimus (fi), selvitys (fi) Japanese: 調査 (ja) (chōsa) Korean: 조사 (ko) (josa) Polish: badanie (pl) n.

Portuguese: pesquisa (pt) f. Russian: исследование (ru) (issl'édovanije) n. Swahili: utafiti (sw) Swedish: undersökning (sv) c.

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Arabic: بحث (báħeθ) m. Serbo-Croatian: istraživanje n. Dutch: onderzoek n., speurwerk n. French: recherche f. German: Forschung f. Interlingua: recerca

Italian: ricerca f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: истраживање n. Roman: istraživanje n. Spanish: investigación f.

Verb

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

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

Translations

to examine with continued care

Afrikaans: navors Finnish: tutkia (fi), selvittää (fi) Hungarian: kutat (hu) Japanese: 研究する (ja) (kenkyū suru)

Polish: badać (pl), zbierać informacje Russian: исследовать (issl'édovat') impf. and pf. Swedish: forska (sv) Telugu: పరిశోధించు (pariSOdhinchu)

to make an investigation into

Afrikaans: navors Finnish: tutkia (fi), selvittää (fi) Japanese: 調査する (ja) (chōsa suru)

Polish: badać (pl) Russian: исследовать (issl'édovat') impf. and pf. Telugu: పరిశోధించు (pariSOdhinchu)

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: onderzoeken, uitvissen, uitzoeken, nagaan French: examiner, explorer, fouiller, rechercher German: recherchieren, erforschen Interlingua: recercar

Portuguese: buscar, explorar, investigar Spanish: investigar

References

• “research” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “research” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• "research" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.

Anagrams

• searcher