Definition of "research" []

• Scholarly or scientific investigation or inquiry. See Synonyms at inquiry. (noun)
• Close, careful study. (noun)
• To engage in or perform research. (verb-intransitive)
• To study (something) thoroughly so as to present in a detailed, accurate manner: researching the effects of acid rain. (verb-transitive)
• To do research for: research a magazine article. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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• "The objective of this research is the development of novel approaches to creating modular computer codes which will make it much easier to develop and apply computer models to an extended range of applications in research, industry and education."
• "However, sometimes the word research is by necessity employed in the general everyday context of the word because it is the clearest way to convey the fact that the scientific method can be applied in our personal lives as well as in university laboratories."