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Meaning of research in English

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  • He has dedicated his life to scientific research.
  • He emphasized that all the people taking part in the research were volunteers .
  • The state of Michigan has endowed three institutes to do research for industry .
  • I'd like to see the research that these recommendations are founded on.
  • It took months of painstaking research to write the book .
  • absorptive capacity
  • dream something up phrasal verb
  • ergonomically
  • jury-rigged
  • modularization
  • testing ground
  • the mother of something idiom
  • think outside the box idiom
  • study What do you plan on studying at university?
  • major US She majored in philosophy at Harvard.
  • cram She's cramming for her history exam.
  • revise UK I'm revising for tomorrow's test.
  • review US We're going to review for the test tomorrow night.
  • research Scientists are researching possible new treatments for cancer.
  • The amount of time and money being spent on researching this disease is pitiful .
  • We are researching the reproduction of elephants .
  • She researched a wide variety of jobs before deciding on law .
  • He researches heart disease .
  • The internet has reduced the amount of time it takes to research these subjects .
  • adjudication
  • have the measure of someone/something idiom
  • interpretable
  • interpretive
  • reinterpret
  • reinterpretation
  • reinvestigate
  • reinvestigation
  • risk assessment

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  1. Research

    Research is "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization, and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness to controlling sources of bias and error. These activities are characterized by accounting and controlling for biases. A research project may be an expansio…

  2. Definition, Meaning, Objectives, and Significance of …

    Research is a systematic and scientific investigation that aims to discover new knowledge, validate existing knowledge, or solve problems. It involves a rigorous and structured approach to inquiry that is guided by …

  3. What is Research: Definition, Methods, Types

    Research is the careful consideration of study regarding a particular concern or research problem using scientific methods. According to the American sociologist Earl Robert Babbie, “research is a systematic inquiry to describe, explain, …

  4. Scientific Research

    Definition: Scientific research is the systematic and empirical investigation of phenomena, theories, or hypotheses, using various methods and techniques in order to …