Etimology
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)
(uncountable, countable in some dialects) 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).
(countable, dated) A particular instance or piece of research.
Examples
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.
The research station that houses Wang and his team is outside Lijiang, a city of about 1.2 million people.
The dearest interests of parties have frequently been staked on the results of the researches of antiquaries.
The first step I took in this so necessary a research, was to examine the motives, the justice, the necessity and expediency of the revolution […]
Although very numerous researches have been made on the differentiation of striped muscles, and on the termination of their motor nerve-fibres, yet the multifarious observations have often been too incomplete to lead to any but conflicting and unsatisfactory theories.
Related words
synonyms
investigation
exploration
examination
study
inquiry
scrutiny
hyponyms
action research
advocacy research
basic research
bioresearch
empirical research
historical research
marketing research
market research
operational research
operations research
oppo research
opposition research
primary research
qualitative research
quantitative research
scientific research
secondary research
space research
structural research
unobtrusive research
related terms
research octane number
research paper
recherche
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.