Research

Noun

 * 1)  Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, et cetera; laborious or continued search after truth.
 * 2)  A particular instance or piece of research.

Synonyms

 * researches
 * investigation
 * exploration
 * examination
 * study
 * inquiry
 * scrutiny

Derived terms

 * desk research
 * empirical research
 * field research
 * historical research


 * primary research
 * proresearch
 * qualitative research
 * quantitative research
 * scientific research
 * secondary research

Verb

 * 1)  to search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
 * 2)  to make an extensive investigation into.
 * 3)  to search again.

Adjectives for Research
vigilant; philosophical; indefatigable; antiquarian; abstract; hydrological; subsequent; perpetual; relentless; celestial;  original; brilliant; infinite; useless; enthusiastic; con¬scientious; scientific; extensive; microscopical; commercial; philological; bold; ingenious; effective; exhaustive; photographic; valuable; painstaking; patient; profound; deliberate; sociological; mysterious; laborious;  masterly;  comprehensive;   stellar; ceaseless; critical; historical; malignant; archaeological; tireless; multitudinous (pi); psychoanalytic; obscure; profitable.

Verbs for Research
commence—; conduct—; direct—; engage in —; enter upon—; instigate—; launch—; maintain—; promote—; publish—; stimulate —; —analyzes; —awakens; —contributes; —culminates in; —determines; —discloses; —enlightens ; —enriches; —exposes; —explores; —fathoms; —ferrets out; —imparts—peers; —reveals.

Thesaurus
amassing evidence, analysis, assay, beat the bushes, bring to test, burrow, check out, close inquiry, confirm, cut and try, delve, delve into, delving, department of investigation, detection, detective work, dig, dig into, digging, enquiry, essay, examination, examine, exhaustive study, experiment, experimentation, exploration, explore, fact-finding, forage, frisk, give a try, give a tryout, go through, have a go, hearing, hunt, indagation, inquest, inquire into, inquiry, inquisition, inspect, inspection, investigate, investigation, investigative bureau, legislative investigation, legwork, look around, look round, look through, nose around, perscrutation, play around with, poke, poke around, practice upon, probe, probing, prove, pry, put to trial, quest, road-test, root, run a sample, sample, scrutinize, scrutiny, search, search through, shake down, sifting, sleuthing, smell around, study, substantiate, taste, test, try, try it on, try out, validate, verify, witch-hunt

Etymology
Early Modern rechercher: <  rechercher:.

Noun

 * Afrikaans: navors
 * Arabic:
 * Chinese (Mandarin): 研究
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese:


 * Korean:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish: badania
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: таҳқиқ, пажуҳиш
 * Telugu: పరిశోధన
 * Turkish: araştırma
 * Zazaki:


 * Afrikaans: navorsing
 * Finnish: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Polish: badanie


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: undersökning


 * : istraživanje
 * : 研究 (yánjiū)
 * : onderzoek, speurwerk
 * : recherche
 * : Forschung
 * : recerca
 * : recerca


 * : ricerca
 * : 연구 (yeon-gu)
 * Cyrillic: истраживање
 * Roman: istraživanje
 * : investigación
 * : investigación

Verb

 * Afrikaans: navors
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:


 * Polish: badać, zbierać informacje
 * Russian: исследовать (issl'édovat') and
 * Swedish: forska
 * Telugu: పరిశోధించు (pariSOdhinchu)


 * Afrikaans: navors
 * Finnish: ,
 * Japanese:


 * Polish: badać
 * Russian: исследовать (issl'édovat') and
 * Telugu: పరిశోధించు (pariSOdhinchu)


 * : onderzoeken, uitvissen, uitzoeken, nagaan
 * : examiner, explorer, fouiller, rechercher
 * : recherchieren, erforschen
 * : recercar


 * : buscar, explorar, investigar
 * : investigar

Anagrams

 * searcher