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research.

Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc. (that are currently available, or that are familiar to oneself).

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹiːsɜːt͡ʃ//ɹɪˈsɜːt͡ʃ/traditional/ˈɹiˌsɝt͡ʃ/Canada, General-American/ɹiˈsɝt͡ʃ/Canada, General-American
  1. Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc. (that are currently available, or that are familiar to oneself).

    countable · dialectal · uncountable · usually
  2. A particular instance or piece of research.

    countable · dated · usually
Where this word comes from

Early Modern French rechercher (“to examine closely”), from Old French recerchier (“to seek, to look for”), by surface analysis, re- + search.

verb/ˈɹiːsɜːt͡ʃ//ɹɪˈsɜːt͡ʃ/traditional/ˈɹiˌsɝt͡ʃ/Canada, General-American/ɹiˈsɝt͡ʃ/Canada, General-American
  1. To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.

    transitive
  2. To make an extensive investigation into.

    intransitive
  3. To search again.

    transitive
  4. To receive a certain response in market research.

    intransitive
    Agency and bank staff told the newspaper the ad researched well.
Where this word comes from

Early Modern French rechercher (“to examine closely”), from Old French recerchier (“to seek, to look for”), by surface analysis, re- + search.

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