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noun as in examination, study
Strongest matches
analysis , exploration , inquiry , investigation , probe
Strong matches
delving , experimentation , groundwork , inquest , inquisition , probing , quest , scrutiny
Weak matches
fact-finding , fishing expedition , legwork , R and D
verb as in examine, study
analyze , consult , explore , investigate , probe , scrutinize
experiment , inquire
do tests , look into , look up , play around with , read up on
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noun as in inspection, examination
- investigation
verb as in put in a specific context
- investigate
verb as in dig into task, action
- leave no stone unturned
- really get into
- turn inside out
verb as in investigate; discover
- bring to light
- come across
- come up with
- search high and low
- turn upside down
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The duo spent the first year in research and engaging with farmers.
Dan Finn-Foley, head of energy storage at energy research firm Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, compared Google’s plan to ordering eggs for breakfast.
Users will give Deep Longevity the right to conduct anonymized research using their data as part of the app’s terms and conditions, Zhavoronkov said.
There’s also the Wilhelm Reich Museum, located at “Orgonon” in Rangeley, Maine, which was previously Reich’s estate—where he conducted questionable orgone research in the later years of his career.
When we started doing research on these topics, we were too focused on political institutions.
Have you tried to access the research that your tax dollars finance, almost all of which is kept behind a paywall?
Have a look at this telling research from Pew on blasphemy and apostasy laws around the world.
And Epstein continues to steer money toward universities to advance scientific research.
The research literature, too, asks these questions, and not without reason.
We also have a growing body of biological research showing that fathers, like mothers, are hard-wired to care for children.
We find by research that smoking was the most general mode of using tobacco in England when first introduced.
This class is composed frequently of persons of considerable learning, research and intelligence.
Speaking from recollection, it appears to be a work of some research; but I cannot say how far it is to be relied on.
Thomas Pope Blount died; an eminent English writer and a man of great learning and research.
That was long before invention became a research department full of engineers.
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Research Synonyms and Antonyms
- inquisition
- investigation
- experimentation
- do research
- investigate
- examination
- investigating
- investigative
- fact-finding
- exploratory
- specialized
- involved in research
Words Related to Research
Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.
- research and development
- bioinformatics
Research Sentence Examples
I was trying to research the buyer.
How is your research going?
Sensing my reaction she added, It's sort of what I do in my job; research things.
Well, she wants to do a little research to see if she can find an explanation.
I'm sure the museum will be grateful and help us in our research all they can.
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Words near Research in the Thesaurus
- research lab
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What is another word for research ?
Synonyms for research rɪˈsɜrtʃ, ˈri sɜrtʃ re·search, this thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word research ., wiktionary rate these synonyms: 2.0 / 7 votes.
research noun
Synonyms: investigation , exploration , examination , study , researches , inquiry , scrutiny
To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
Synonyms: investigation , researches , exploration , examination , study , inquiry , scrutiny
- research verb
To make an extensive investigation into.
Synonyms: scrutiny , examination , study , inquiry , investigation , exploration , researches
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms Rate these synonyms: 3.7 / 3 votes
Synonyms: investigation , inquiry , scrutiny , examination , exploration , learning , lore , discovery , elaboration , elimination
Antonyms: ignorance , superficiality , sciolism , misinvestigation , shallowness , oversight , inobservance
Princeton's WordNet Rate these synonyms: 1.8 / 5 votes
systematic investigation to establish facts
Synonyms: enquiry , inquiry
inquiry, enquiry, research verb
a search for knowledge
"their pottery deserves more research than it has received"
Synonyms: enquiry , inquiry , interrogation , query , question
attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner
"The student researched the history of that word"
Synonyms: search , explore
research, search, explore verb
inquire into
"the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"; "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"
Synonyms: seek , search , explore , look , look for
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Dictionary of English Synonymes Rate these synonyms: 3.0 / 2 votes
Synonyms: investigation , inquiry , scrutiny , examination , exploration , study , careful search
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List of paraphrases for "research":
search , investigation , study , investigations , recherche , studies , inquiry , searches , searching , researches , investigative , recherches , researching , investigational , researchers , quest , ricerca , r , investigación , studying , finding , investigaciones , forschung , looking , retrieval , fact-finding , researcher , investigatorship , investigate , enquiry , seeking , pursuit , investigating , pesquisa , studied , examine , onderzoek , investigatory , research-based , inquiries
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Definition of research noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- scientific/medical/academic research
- They are raising money for cancer research.
- to do/conduct/undertake research
- I've done some research to find out the cheapest way of travelling there.
- research into something He has carried out extensive research into renewable energy sources.
- research on something/somebody Recent research on deaf children has produced some interesting findings about their speech.
- Research on animals has led to some important medical advances.
- according to research According to recent research, more people are going to the movies than ever before.
- Their latest research project will be funded by the government.
- Are you hoping to get a research grant ?
- a research fellow/assistant/scientist
- a research institute/centre/laboratory
- The research findings were published in the Journal of Environmental Quality.
- formulate/advance a theory/hypothesis
- build/construct/create/develop a simple/theoretical/mathematical model
- develop/establish/provide/use a theoretical/conceptual framework
- advance/argue/develop the thesis that…
- explore an idea/a concept/a hypothesis
- make a prediction/an inference
- base a prediction/your calculations on something
- investigate/evaluate/accept/challenge/reject a theory/hypothesis/model
- design an experiment/a questionnaire/a study/a test
- do research/an experiment/an analysis
- make observations/measurements/calculations
- carry out/conduct/perform an experiment/a test/a longitudinal study/observations/clinical trials
- run an experiment/a simulation/clinical trials
- repeat an experiment/a test/an analysis
- replicate a study/the results/the findings
- observe/study/examine/investigate/assess a pattern/a process/a behaviour
- fund/support the research/project/study
- seek/provide/get/secure funding for research
- collect/gather/extract data/information
- yield data/evidence/similar findings/the same results
- analyse/examine the data/soil samples/a specimen
- consider/compare/interpret the results/findings
- fit the data/model
- confirm/support/verify a prediction/a hypothesis/the results/the findings
- prove a conjecture/hypothesis/theorem
- draw/make/reach the same conclusions
- read/review the records/literature
- describe/report an experiment/a study
- present/publish/summarize the results/findings
- present/publish/read/review/cite a paper in a scientific journal
- a debate about the ethics of embryonic stem cell research
- For his PhD he conducted field research in Indonesia.
- Further research is needed.
- Future research will hopefully give us a better understanding of how garlic works in the human body.
- Dr Babcock has conducted extensive research in the area of agricultural production.
- the funding of basic research in biology, chemistry and genetics
- Activists called for a ban on animal research.
- Work is under way to carry out more research on the gene.
- She returned to Jamaica to pursue her research on the African diaspora.
- Bad punctuation can slow down people's reading speeds, according to new research carried out at Bradford University.
- He focused his research on the economics of the interwar era.
- Most research in the field has concentrated on the effects on children.
- One paper based on research conducted at Oxford suggested that the drug may cause brain damage.
- Research demonstrates that women are more likely than men to provide social support to others.
- She's doing research on Czech music between the wars.
- The research does not support these conclusions.
- They are carrying out research into the natural flow patterns of water.
- They lack the resources to do their own research.
- What has their research shown?
- Funding for medical research has been cut quite dramatically.
- a startling piece of historical research
- pioneering research into skin disease
- They were the first to undertake pioneering research into the human genome.
- There is a significant amount of research into the effects of stress on junior doctors.
- He's done a lot of research into the background of this story.
- research which identifies the causes of depression
- spending on military research and development
- the research done in the 1950s that linked smoking with cancer
- The children are taking part in a research project to investigate technology-enabled learning.
- The Lancet published a research paper by the scientist at the centre of the controversy.
- Who is directing the group's research effort?
- She is chief of the clinical research program at McLean Hospital.
- James is a 24-year-old research student from Iowa.
- You will need to describe your research methods.
- Before a job interview, do your research and find out as much as you can about the company.
- Most academic research is carried out in universities.
- This is a piece of research that should be taken very seriously.
- This is an important area of research.
- There's a large body of research linking hypertension directly to impaired brain function.
- In the course of my researches, I came across some of my grandfather's old letters.
- demonstrate something
- find something
- identify something
- programme/program
- research in
- research into
- research on
- an area of research
- focus your research on something
- somebody’s own research
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- He has dedicated his life to scientific research.
- He emphasized that all the people taking part in the research were volunteers .
- The state of Michigan has endowed three institutes to do research for industry .
- I'd like to see the research that these recommendations are founded on.
- It took months of painstaking research to write the book .
- absorptive capacity
- dream something up
- modularization
- nanotechnology
- non-imitative
- operational research
- think outside the box idiom
- think something up
- uninventive
- study What do you plan on studying at university?
- major US She majored in philosophy at Harvard.
- cram She's cramming for her history exam.
- revise UK I'm revising for tomorrow's test.
- review US We're going to review for the test tomorrow night.
- research Scientists are researching possible new treatments for cancer.
- The amount of time and money being spent on researching this disease is pitiful .
- We are researching the reproduction of elephants .
- She researched a wide variety of jobs before deciding on law .
- He researches heart disease .
- The internet has reduced the amount of time it takes to research these subjects .
- adjudication
- interpretable
- interpretive
- interpretively
- investigate
- reinvestigate
- reinvestigation
- risk assessment
- run over/through something
- run through something
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What does the noun research mean?
There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun research , three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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Earliest known use
The earliest known use of the noun research is in the late 1500s.
OED's earliest evidence for research is from 1577, in ‘F. de L'Isle’'s Legendarie .
research is apparently formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item.
Etymons: re- prefix , search n.
Nearby entries
- rescuing, adj. 1574–
- resculpt, v. 1926–
- resculpting, n. 1940–
- rescussee, n. 1652–1823
- rescusser, n. 1632–1704
- rese, n. Old English–1600
- rese, v.¹ Old English–1450
- rese, v.² Old English–1582
- reseal, v. 1624–
- resealable, adj. 1926–
- research, n.¹ 1577–
- re-search, n.² 1605–
- research, v.¹ 1588–
- re-search, v.² 1708–
- researchable, adj. 1927–
- research and development, n. 1892–
- researched, adj. 1636–
- researcher, n. 1615–
- researchful, adj. a1834–
- research hospital, n. 1900–
- researching, n. 1611–
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Synonyms for RESEARCH: investigation, inquiry, study, exploration, examination, probing, probe, inspection, inquisition, delving
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Princeton's WordNet Rate these synonyms: 1.8 / 5 votes. research noun. systematic investigation to establish facts. Synonyms: enquiry, inquiry. inquiry, enquiry, research verb. a search for knowledge "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"
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