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research meaning

EN[ɹəˈsɜːtʃ] [ˈɹiː.sɜːtʃ] [-ɜː(r)tʃ] [ˈɹi.sɚtʃ] [ɹiˈsɝtʃ]
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  • Research comprises "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of humans, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications.
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    Definition of research in English Dictionary

  • NounPLresearchesPREré-SUF-arch
    1. (uncountable) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc.; laborious or continued search after truth.
      1. In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.
    2. (countable) A particular instance or piece of research.
    3. VerbSGresearchesPRresearchingPT, PPresearched
      1. (transitive) To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
        1. (intransitive) To make an extensive investigation into.
          1. (transitive) To search again.
          2. More Examples
            1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
              • At the request of Defence Food Research Laboratory, 14 new anacardic compounds synthesised from tetrahydroanacardol were screened for toxicity to insect and albino rats.
              • Since the company was new and had only started advertising two weeks before the research began, it was not surprising to see low unaided awareness of the brand.
              • The IT Department supports the research organization, but not the sales force.
            2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
              • Research with non-human animal species provides evidence that deafness during the neonatal and extended periods beyond, results in loss of normal cochleotopic organization.
            3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
              • Injection of LPS, which is more likely a hyperinflammation storm rather than sepsis, and the CLP method are both the most commonly used animal models for septic AKI research.
              • His question is a toughie. I might have to do some more research.
              • The present interest of this type of lines and its nonembryonic origin is the possibility of establishing specific lines of deficient patients for clinical research.
          • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
            1. Nouns
              • Countable nouns
                • Singularia tantum
                  • Uncountable nouns
                • Verbs
                  • Intransitive verbs
                    • Transitive verbs
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                  Source: Wiktionary

                  Meaning of research for the defined word.

                  Grammatically, this word "research" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.
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