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noun ADJ. detailed, in-depth, painstaking | extensive He has carried out extensive research into renewable energy sources. | basic | original | further | ground-breaking, pioneering pioneering research into skin disease | collaborative | empirical | academic, clinical, historical, medical, military, scientific, social, space | AIDS, cancer, etc. | animal calling for a ban on animal research | market QUANT. piece a startling piece of historical research VERB + RESEARCH carry out, conduct, do, undertake She's doing research on Czech music between the wars. | be based on One paper based on research conducted at Oxford suggested that the drug may cause brain damage. RESEARCH + VERB demonstrate sth, indicate sth, prove sth, reveal sth, show sth, suggest sth What have their researches shown? | produce sth, yield sth Recent research on deaf children has produced some interesting findings about their speech. RESEARCH + NOUN degree | effort, programme, project, work directing the group's research effort | methods | findings, results | purposes Copies of the tape can be made for research purposes. | centre, institute, laboratory | assistant, group, student, team, worker | grant PREP. ~ in Most research in the field has concentrated on the effects on children. | ~ into/on They are carrying out research into the natural flow patterns of water. PHRASES an area of research, research and development spending on military research and development, verb ADV. carefully, exhaustively, extensively, fully, meticulously, properly, thoroughly, well | poorly The book has been poorly researched. PREP. for She is currently researching for her next novel. | into I spent two years carefully researching into his background.
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research
noun [ uncountable ] careful detailed work that is done in order to find out more about a subject, especially as a part of a scientific or academic project:
• Billions of dollars have been spent on research into the causes and treatment of cancer. • The University has for a long time been a leading centre for research in this field.
work
noun [ uncountable ] the studies that have been done on a particular subject:
• Faraday is famous for his work on electricity. • A lot of work has been done on hydrogen-powered cars. • Their work had an enormous influence on the study of genetics.
study
noun [ countable ] a piece of work in which someone examines a particular subject in order to find out more about it, and writes about what they have found:
• The study showed that 25 percent of adults do not eat breakfast at all, compared with 14 percent in 1961. • Recent studies suggest that our sense of smell is closely linked with the part of the brain that deals with memory.
experiment
noun [ countable ] a scientific test in order to find out what happens when you do something:
• They carried out a series of experiments (= they did a series of experiments ) in order to try to prove their theory. • Experiments have shown that there is an increased risk of some forms of cancer.
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