research as a verb

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Meaning of research in English

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• He has dedicated his life to scientific research.
• He emphasized that all the people taking part in the research were volunteers .
• The state of Michigan has endowed three institutes to do research for industry .
• I'd like to see the research that these recommendations are founded on.
• It took months of painstaking research to write the book .
• absorptive capacity
• dream something up
• modularization
• nanotechnology
• non-imitative
• operational research
• think outside the box idiom
• think something up
• uninventive
• study What do you plan on studying at university?
• major US She majored in philosophy at Harvard.
• cram She's cramming for her history exam.
• revise UK I'm revising for tomorrow's test.
• review US We're going to review for the test tomorrow night.
• research Scientists are researching possible new treatments for cancer.
• The amount of time and money being spent on researching this disease is pitiful .
• We are researching the reproduction of elephants .
• She researched a wide variety of jobs before deciding on law .
• He researches heart disease .
• The internet has reduced the amount of time it takes to research these subjects .
• adjudication
• interpretable
• interpretive
• interpretively
• investigate
• reinvestigate
• reinvestigation
• risk assessment
• run over/through something
• run through something

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Definition of research verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

• 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.
• 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.
• exhaustively
• extensively

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