research
verb/rɪˈsɜːtʃ/
/rɪˈsɜːrtʃ/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they research | /rɪˈsɜːtʃ/ /rɪˈsɜːrtʃ/ |
| he / she / it researches | /rɪˈsɜːtʃɪz/ /rɪˈsɜːrtʃɪz/ |
| past simple researched | /rɪˈsɜːtʃt/ /rɪˈsɜːrtʃt/ |
| past participle researched | /rɪˈsɜːtʃt/ /rɪˈsɜːrtʃt/ |
| -ing form researching | /rɪˈsɜːtʃɪŋ/ /rɪˈsɜːrtʃɪŋ/ |
- to study something carefully and try to discover new facts about it
- research (something) to research a topic/subject
- She's in New York researching her new book (= finding facts and information to put in it).
- They began researching potential buyers for their product.
- The book has been meticulously/exhaustively/thoroughly researched.
- They spent days researching in the school library.
- research how, what, etc… We have to research how the product will actually be used.
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationa2, Scientific researcha2- The site offers basic tips on how to research a topic.
- Students must research their chosen topic and write a dissertation.
- She spent several months researching the subject.
- She researches the history of experimental film.
- He researched the history of colonial Brazil to produce the exhibition.
- He is currently researching a biography of the writer Laurence Sterne.
- While researching this article, I discovered some fascinating facts.
- If you know what treatments are available then you can research your options.
- We spent months researching the feasibility of the idea.
- This meticulously researched volume was worth the wait.
- Everything in the film has been exhaustively researched, from the uniforms and guns down to the underwear the soldiers wear.
- The article was extensively researched, with the authors talking to hundreds of teenagers.
- This searing documentary about the atrocities of war is painstakingly researched but hard to watch.
- The book has been poorly researched.
- The experience of being a personal carer has been well researched.
- She spent some time researching what gaps there were in the childcare market.
- I researched how deaf people relate to music.
- Scientists are still researching whether or not booster shots will be needed after the initial inoculation.
- I spent two years carefully researching into his background.
- I have been researching on the internet.
- We can help you research more effectively online.
- He was researching for his thesis on Indian railways.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- exhaustively
- extensively
- …
- for
- into
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from obsolete French recerche (noun), recercher (verb), from Old French re- (expressing intensive force) + cerchier ‘to search’.Definitions on the go
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