Meanings
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1
noun
A careful study to discover new facts or information.
Their pottery deserves more research than it has received.
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2
verb
To study something carefully to discover new facts or information.
The student researched the history of that word.
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Forms
researchedresearchesresearching
Derived forms
antiresearchbioresearchercoresearchereco-researchimmunoresearchmetaresearchmisresearchneuroresearchnonresearchnonresearchednonresearchernonresearching
Related forms
recherche
Etymology
Early Modern French rechercher (“to examine closely”), from Old French recerchier (“to seek, to look for”), by surface analysis, re- + search.