Research definition
Research is a noun meaning "systematic investigation to establish facts." It has 4 meanings, as a noun and a verb, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Syllables
- 2
- Letters
- 8
- How common
- Everyday word
Research as a noun
systematic investigation to establish facts
a search for knowledge
"their pottery deserves more research than it has received"
Same sense: inquiry, enquiry
Research as a verb
attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner
"The student researched the history of that word"
inquire into
"the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"
Same sense: search, explore
Synonyms and antonyms
- inquiry
- enquiry
- search
- explore
How to say research
Research has 2 syllables and rhymes with church. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with research
- church
- search
- birch
- perch
- lurch
RESEARCH in word games
- Scrabble
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Anagrams
- 2
Is RESEARCH a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check RESEARCH in the word checker, or unscramble RESEARCH to see its 2 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.