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Research   /risˈərtʃ/  /rˈisərtʃ/   Listen
Research

noun
1.
Systematic investigation to establish facts.
2.
A search for knowledge.  Synonyms: enquiry, inquiry.
verb
1.
Attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner.
2.
Inquire into.  Synonyms: explore, search.  "He searched for information on his relatives on the web" , "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"



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"Research" Quotes from Famous Books



... are small-sized and dull coloured, and, as Mr. Waterhouse informs me, there is nothing in their general appearance which would have led him to imagine that they had come from under the equator. (17/1. The progress of research has shown that some of these birds, which were then thought to be confined to the islands, occur on the American continent. The eminent ornithologist, Mr. Sclater, informs me that this is the case with the Strix punctatissima and Pyrocephalus ...
— A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World - The Voyage Of The Beagle • Charles Darwin
... not rest here. Many an hour the midnight oil has burned low as this thoughtful student sat poring over pile upon pile of some old work as he kept up his never-flagging research, or penned ...
— Marguerite Verne • Agatha Armour
... contribution; and where this has been done, credit is given by footnote reference. In all cases where it has been possible to do so, however, statements of historical facts have been verified by independent research. Not a few items have required months of tracing to confirm ...
— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers
... the maiden, indicating by a glance that what she had to relate was more essential to the requirements of the moment than anything he was saying: "Shan Tien is by no means indisposed towards your cause. Your unassuming attitude and deep research have enlarged your wisdom in his eyes. To-morrow he will send for you to lean upon your ...
— Kai Lung's Golden Hours • Ernest Bramah
... gulf of St. Lawrence, the Magdalen Islands, and the coast of Labrador. Returning as the cold season approached, he visited Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, and rejoining his family proceeded to Charleston, where he spent the winter, and in the spring, after nearly three years' travel and research, sailed ...
— The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 • Various


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