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research

name · noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹiːsɜːt͡ʃ/ newer
  • traditional: /ɹɪˈsɜːt͡ʃ/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈɹiˌsɝt͡ʃ/
  • Canada, General-American: /ɹiˈsɝt͡ʃ/
  • Canada, General-American: /ɹɪ-/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ɹɪˈsɜːt͡ʃ/
  • Australian: /ˈɹiːsɜːt͡ʃ/
  • Australian: [ˈɹɪi.sɜːt͡ʃ]
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)tʃ
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY0 S ER1 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: R IY1 S ER0 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A suburb of Melbourne in the Shire of Nillumbik, Victoria, Australia

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, dialectal, uncountable, usually

Examples

  • The research station that houses Wang and his team is outside Lijiang, a city of about 1.2 million people.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A particular instance or piece of research.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, dated, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To make an extensive investigation into.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To search again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To receive a certain response in market research.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: business, marketing

Examples

  • Agency and bank staff told the newspaper the ad researched well.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

systematic investigation to establish facts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: investigation, investigating

Narrower terms: operations research, field work, marketing research, market research, microscopy, probe, scientific research, research project

9

noun

Meaning 9

a search for knowledge

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • their pottery deserves more research than it has received

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inquiry, enquiry

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: problem solving

Narrower terms: nature study, experiment, experimentation, empirical research, probe, investigation, poll, opinion poll, public opinion poll, canvass, heraldry

10

verb

Meaning 10

inquire into

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project
  • He searched for information on his relatives on the web
  • Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: search, explore

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: investigate, look into

Narrower terms: prospect, google, mapquest, re-explore, cast about, beat about, cast around

11

verb

Meaning 11

attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The student researched the history of that word

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: investigate, look into

Narrower terms: consult, refer, look up

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

229 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: navorsing — inquiry or examination
  • Arabic: بَحْث (baḥṯ) — inquiry or examination
  • Arabic: تَحْقِيق (taḥqīq) — inquiry or examination
  • Armenian: հետազոտություն (hetazotutʻyun) — inquiry or examination
  • Armenian: ուսումնասիրություն (usumnasirutʻyun) — inquiry or examination
  • Azerbaijani: araşdırma — inquiry or examination
  • Belarusian: дасле́даванне (dasljédavannje) — inquiry or examination
  • Belarusian: дасьле́даваньне (dasʹljédavanʹnje) — inquiry or examination
  • Belarusian: дасле́дванне (dasljédvannje) — inquiry or examination
  • Belarusian: дасьле́дваньне (dasʹljédvanʹnje) — inquiry or examination
  • Bengali: গবেষণা (gobeśona) — inquiry or examination
  • Bengali: অনুসন্ধান (onuśondhan) — inquiry or examination
  • Bhojpuri: शोध (śōdh) — inquiry or examination
  • Bulgarian: изсле́дване (izslédvane) — inquiry or examination
  • Burmese: သုတေသန (su.tesa.na.) — inquiry or examination
  • Catalan: recerca — inquiry or examination
  • Chinese Mandarin: 研究 (yánjiū) — inquiry or examination
  • Crimean Tatar: tedqiqat — inquiry or examination
  • Czech: výzkum — inquiry or examination
  • Danish: forskning — inquiry or examination
  • Dutch: onderzoek — inquiry or examination
  • Dutch: speurwerk — inquiry or examination
  • Esperanto: esploro — inquiry or examination
  • Finnish: tutkimus — inquiry or examination
  • French: recherche — inquiry or examination
  • Galician: investigación — inquiry or examination
  • Galician: pesquisa — inquiry or examination
  • Georgian: კვლევა (ḳvleva) — inquiry or examination
  • Georgian: გამოკვლევა (gamoḳvleva) — inquiry or examination
  • German: Forschung — inquiry or examination
  • Greek: έρευνα (érevna) — inquiry or examination
  • Haitian Creole: rechèch — inquiry or examination
  • Hebrew: מֶחְקָר (meẖqár) — inquiry or examination
  • Hindi: अनुसंधान (anusandhān) — inquiry or examination
  • Hindi: शोध (śodh) — inquiry or examination
  • Hindi: अन्वेषण (anveṣaṇ) — inquiry or examination
  • Hungarian: kutatás — inquiry or examination
  • Icelandic: rannsókn — inquiry or examination
  • Indonesian: penelitian — inquiry or examination
  • Indonesian: riset — inquiry or examination
  • Irish: taighde — inquiry or examination
  • Italian: ricerca — inquiry or examination
  • Japanese: 研究 (kenkyū) — inquiry or examination
  • Kazakh: зерттеу (zertteu) — inquiry or examination
  • Khmer: វីមង្សា (viimĕəngsaa) — inquiry or examination
  • Khmer: អន្វេស (ʼanveih) — inquiry or examination
  • Korean: 연구 (yeon'gu) — inquiry or examination
  • Kyrgyz: изилдөө (izildöö) — inquiry or examination
  • Kyrgyz: текшерүү (tekşerüü) — inquiry or examination
  • Lao: ການຄົ້ນຄວ້າ (kān khon khuā) — inquiry or examination
  • Latgalian: tiemē — inquiry or examination
  • Latvian: pētniecība — inquiry or examination
  • Macedonian: истражување (istražuvanje) — inquiry or examination
  • Malay: penyelidikan — inquiry or examination
  • Malayalam: ഗവേഷണം (gavēṣaṇaṁ) — inquiry or examination
  • Manx: aahirrey — inquiry or examination
  • Manx: aaronsey — inquiry or examination
  • Māori: rangahau — inquiry or examination
  • Marathi: संशोधन (sauśodhan) — inquiry or examination
  • Mongolian: судалгаа (sudalgaa) — inquiry or examination
  • Mongolian: шинжилгээ (šinžilgee) — inquiry or examination
  • Mongolian: ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (sudulɣ-a) — inquiry or examination
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forskning — inquiry or examination
  • Oromo: qorannoo — inquiry or examination
  • Dari: تَحْقِیق (tahqīq) — inquiry or examination
  • Iranian Persian: تَحْقیق (tahġiġ) — inquiry or examination
  • Iranian Persian: پِژوهِش (pežuheš) — inquiry or examination
  • Iranian Persian: پَژوهِش (pažuheš) — inquiry or examination
  • Polish: badania — inquiry or examination
  • Portuguese: pesquisa — inquiry or examination
  • Portuguese: investigação — inquiry or examination
  • Romanian: cercetare — inquiry or examination
  • Russian: иссле́дование (isslédovanije) — inquiry or examination
  • Serbo-Croatian: истражи́ва̄ње — inquiry or examination
  • Serbo-Croatian: istražívānje — inquiry or examination
  • Slovak: výskum — inquiry or examination
  • Slovene: raziskovanje — inquiry or examination
  • Spanish: investigación — inquiry or examination
  • Spanish: enquisa — inquiry or examination
  • Swahili: utafiti — inquiry or examination
  • Swedish: forskning — inquiry or examination
  • Tagalog: saliksik — inquiry or examination
  • Tajik: таҳқиқ (tahqiq) — inquiry or examination
  • Tajik: пажуҳиш (pažuhiš) — inquiry or examination
  • Tamil: ஆராய்ச்சி (ārāycci) — inquiry or examination
  • Telugu: పరిశోధన (pariśōdhana) — inquiry or examination
  • Thai: วิจัย (wí-jai) — inquiry or examination
  • Thai: ค้นคว้า (kón-kwáa) — inquiry or examination
  • Turkish: araştırma — inquiry or examination
  • Turkish: tahkik — inquiry or examination
  • Turkish: tetkik — inquiry or examination
  • Ottoman Turkish: تحقیق (tahqīq) — inquiry or examination
  • Ottoman Turkish: تدقیق (tedqīq) — inquiry or examination
  • Turkmen: gözleg — inquiry or examination
  • Turkmen: barlag — inquiry or examination
  • Ukrainian: дослі́дження (doslídžennja) — inquiry or examination
  • Urdu: تَحْقِیق (tahqīq) — inquiry or examination
  • Uzbek: tadqiqot — inquiry or examination
  • Vietnamese: nghiên cứu — inquiry or examination
  • Zazaki: cıgêyraış — inquiry or examination
  • Afrikaans: navorsing — piece of research
  • Albanian: kërkim — piece of research
  • Armenian: հետազոտություն (hetazotutʻyun) — piece of research
  • Armenian: ուսումնասիրություն (usumnasirutʻyun) — piece of research
  • Chinese Mandarin: 研究 (yánjiū) — piece of research
  • Chinese Mandarin: 調查 /调查 (diàochá) — piece of research
  • Dutch: onderzoek — piece of research
  • Dutch: research — piece of research
  • Finnish: tutkimus — piece of research
  • Finnish: selvitys — piece of research
  • French: recherche — piece of research
  • Galician: pesquisa — piece of research
  • German: Untersuchung — piece of research
  • German: Forschungsarbeit — piece of research
  • Ingrian: tutkimus — piece of research
  • Italian: ricerca — piece of research
  • Italian: indagine — piece of research
  • Japanese: 調査 (chōsa) — piece of research
  • Korean: 조사 (josa) — piece of research
  • Polish: badanie — piece of research
  • Portuguese: pesquisa — piece of research
  • Russian: иссле́дование (isslédovanije) — piece of research
  • Swahili: utafiti — piece of research
  • Swedish: undersökning — piece of research
  • Vietnamese: bài nghiên cứu — piece of research
  • Afrikaans: navors — to examine with continued care
  • Arabic: بَحَثَ (baḥaṯa) — to examine with continued care
  • Armenian: հետազոտել (hetazotel) — to examine with continued care
  • Assamese: গৱেষণা কৰা (gowexona kora) — to examine with continued care
  • Azerbaijani: araşdırmaq — to examine with continued care
  • Belarusian: дасле́даваць (dasljédavacʹ) — to examine with continued care
  • Bulgarian: изсле́двам (izslédvam) — to examine with continued care
  • Catalan: recercar — to examine with continued care
  • Chinese Mandarin: 研究 (yánjiū) — to examine with continued care
  • Czech: bádat — to examine with continued care
  • Czech: probádat — to examine with continued care
  • Danish: forske — to examine with continued care
  • Dutch: onderzoeken — to examine with continued care
  • Dutch: vorsen — to examine with continued care
  • Finnish: tutkia — to examine with continued care
  • Finnish: selvittää — to examine with continued care
  • French: rechercher — to examine with continued care
  • German: forschen — to examine with continued care
  • German: erforschen — to examine with continued care
  • Hindi: शोध करना (śodh karnā) — to examine with continued care
  • Hindi: जाँचना (jā̃cnā) — to examine with continued care
  • Hungarian: kutat — to examine with continued care
  • Italian: ricercare — to examine with continued care
  • Japanese: 研究する (kenkyū suru) — to examine with continued care
  • Kazakh: зерттеу (zertteu) — to examine with continued care
  • Khmer: ស្រាវជ្រាវ (sraaw criəw) — to examine with continued care
  • Korean: 연구하다 (yeon'guhada) — to examine with continued care
  • Latvian: pētīt — to examine with continued care
  • Macedonian: истражува (istražuva) — to examine with continued care
  • Macedonian: истражи (istraži) — to examine with continued care
  • Mongolian: судлах (sudlax) — to examine with continued care
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forske — to examine with continued care
  • Occitan: recercar — to examine with continued care
  • Persian: پژوهیدن (pežuhidan) — to examine with continued care
  • Polish: badać — to examine with continued care
  • Polish: zbadać — to examine with continued care
  • Portuguese: investigar — to examine with continued care
  • Romanian: cerceta — to examine with continued care
  • Russian: иссле́довать (isslédovatʹ) — to examine with continued care
  • Serbo-Croatian: истражи́вати — to examine with continued care
  • Serbo-Croatian: istražívati — to examine with continued care
  • Slovak: bádať — to examine with continued care
  • Slovak: prebádať — to examine with continued care
  • Slovene: raziskovati — to examine with continued care
  • Slovene: raziskati — to examine with continued care
  • Spanish: investigar — to examine with continued care
  • Spanish: indagar — to examine with continued care
  • Swedish: forska — to examine with continued care
  • Tagalog: magsaliksik — to examine with continued care
  • Tajik: пажуҳидан (pažuhidan) — to examine with continued care
  • Telugu: పరిశోధించు (pariśōdhiñcu) — to examine with continued care
  • Thai: วิจัย (wí-jai) — to examine with continued care
  • Thai: ค้นคว้า (kón-kwáa) — to examine with continued care
  • Turkish: araştırmak — to examine with continued care
  • Turkish: tedkik etmek — to examine with continued care
  • Turkish: tahkik etmek — to examine with continued care
  • Turkish: teftiş etmek — to examine with continued care
  • Ottoman Turkish: تَدْقِیق — to examine with continued care
  • Ukrainian: дослі́джувати (doslídžuvaty) — to examine with continued care
  • Ukrainian: досліди́ти (doslidýty) — to examine with continued care
  • Uzbek: tekshirmoq — to examine with continued care
  • Uzbek: oʻrganmoq — to examine with continued care
  • Uzbek: tadqiq qilmoq — to examine with continued care
  • Vietnamese: nghiên cứu — to examine with continued care
  • Afrikaans: navors — to make an investigation into
  • Albanian: kërkoj — to make an investigation into
  • Armenian: հետազոտել (hetazotel) — to make an investigation into
  • Bulgarian: разсле́двам (razslédvam) — to make an investigation into
  • Chinese Mandarin: 調查 /调查 (diàochá) — to make an investigation into
  • Dutch: onderzoeken — to make an investigation into
  • Dutch: uitvissen — to make an investigation into
  • Dutch: uitzoeken — to make an investigation into
  • Dutch: nagaan — to make an investigation into
  • Finnish: tutkia — to make an investigation into
  • Finnish: selvittää — to make an investigation into
  • French: examiner — to make an investigation into
  • French: explorer — to make an investigation into
  • French: fouiller — to make an investigation into
  • French: rechercher — to make an investigation into
  • German: erforschen — to make an investigation into
  • German: recherchieren — to make an investigation into
  • Greek: ερευνώ (erevnó) — to make an investigation into
  • Hindi: जाँच करना (jā̃c karnā) — to make an investigation into
  • Hindi: जाँचना (jā̃cnā) — to make an investigation into
  • Italian: indagare — to make an investigation into
  • Japanese: 調査する (chōsa suru) — to make an investigation into
  • Korean: 조사하다 (josahada) — to make an investigation into
  • Manx: aahirr — to make an investigation into
  • Māori: rangahau — to make an investigation into
  • Polish: badać — to make an investigation into
  • Polish: zbadać — to make an investigation into
  • Portuguese: pesquisar — to make an investigation into
  • Portuguese: investigar — to make an investigation into
  • Russian: рассле́довать (rasslédovatʹ) — to make an investigation into
  • Russian: иссле́довать (isslédovatʹ) — to make an investigation into
  • Spanish: investigar — to make an investigation into
  • Spanish: documentarse — to make an investigation into
  • Spanish: pesquisar — to make an investigation into
  • Tagalog: magsaliksik — to make an investigation into
  • Telugu: పరిశోధించు (pariśōdhiñcu) — to make an investigation into
  • Turkish: teftiş etmek — to make an investigation into
  • Turkish: tahkik etmek — to make an investigation into
  • Turkish: tetkik etmek — to make an investigation into
  • Vietnamese: nghiên cứu — to make an investigation into
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