research
//ˈɹiːsɜːt͡ʃ//
formalForms
- present (v1)
- research
- past (v2)
- researched
- past participle (v3)
- researched
- present participle
- researching
- 3rd person singular
- researches
Definitions
1.To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
2.To make an extensive investigation into.
3.To search again.
4.To receive a certain response in market research.
- Agency and bank staff told the newspaper the ad researched well.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #383
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Very common
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
Early Modern French rechercher (“to examine closely”)
From Old French recerchier (“to seek, to look for”), by surface analysis, re- + search.