Research
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English
Etymology
Prefix re- + search: compare for noun: Old French recerche, French recherche; for verb: Old French recerchier, French rechercher
Noun
- Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom.
- Quotations
- The dearest interests of parties have frequently been staked on the results of the researches of antiquaries. - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Quotations
Synonyms
- investigation
- examination
- inquiry
- scrutiny
Translations
- Dutch: onderzoek, speurwerk
- Finnish: tutkimus
- French: recherche
- German: Forschung
- Swedish: undersökning c, forskning c
Transitive verb
- To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.