/rɪˈsɜːtʃ/
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Translation
Careful study to find out new facts about something.
Word origin
From French recherche, meaning a careful search.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- recherche
- English cognates
- search
Examples
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"Do research" means to study something carefully.
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Here "research" is the work itself.
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"Research" is uncountable, so we say "some research", not "a research".
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