{
    "term": "research",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a careful study of a subject, especially in order to discover new facts or information about it",
            "sensetop": "research into somethingresearch on something/somebodyaccording to research",
            "labels": "British English",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**scientific/medical/academic research**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are raising money for cancer research."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **do/conduct/undertake research**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've done some research to find out the cheapest way of travelling there."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has carried out extensive research into renewable energy sources.",
                    "contextForm": "research into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Recent research on deaf children has produced some interesting findings about their speech.",
                    "contextForm": "research on something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Research on animals has led to some important medical advances."
                },
                {
                    "text": "According to recent research, more people are going to the movies than ever before.",
                    "contextForm": "according to research"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their latest **research project** will be funded by the government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you hoping to get a **research grant**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **research fellow/assistant/scientist**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **research institute/centre/laboratory**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **research findings** were published in the Journal of Environmental Quality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a debate about the ethics of embryonic stem cell research"
                },
                {
                    "text": "For his PhD he conducted field research in Indonesia."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Further research is needed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Future research will hopefully give us a better understanding of how garlic works in the human body."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Dr Babcock has conducted extensive research in the area of agricultural production."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the funding of basic research in biology, chemistry and genetics"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Activists called for a ban on animal research."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Work is under way to carry out more research on the gene."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She returned to Jamaica to pursue her research on the African diaspora."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bad punctuation can slow down people's reading speeds, according to new research carried out at Bradford University."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He focused his research on the economics of the interwar era."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most research in the field has concentrated on the effects on children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One paper based on research conducted at Oxford suggested that the drug may cause brain damage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Research demonstrates that women are more likely than men to provide social support to others."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's doing research on Czech music between the wars."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The research does not support these conclusions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are carrying out research into the natural flow patterns of water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They lack the resources to do their own research."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What has their research shown?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Funding for medical research has been cut quite dramatically."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a startling piece of historical research"
                },
                {
                    "text": "pioneering research into skin disease"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were the first to undertake pioneering research into the human genome."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a significant amount of research into the effects of stress on junior doctors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's done a lot of research into the background of this story."
                },
                {
                    "text": "research which identifies the causes of depression"
                },
                {
                    "text": "spending on military research and development"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the research done in the 1950s that linked smoking with cancer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children are taking part in a research project to investigate technology-enabled learning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Lancet published a research paper by the scientist at the centre of the controversy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who is directing the group's research effort?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is chief of the clinical research program at McLean Hospital."
                },
                {
                    "text": "James is a 24-year-old research student from Iowa."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You will need to describe your research methods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Before a job interview, do your research and find out as much as you can about the company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most academic research is carried out in universities."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a piece of research that should be taken very seriously."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is an important area of research."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a large body of research linking hypertension directly to impaired brain function."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the course of my researches, I came across some of my grandfather's old letters."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education", "Scientific research"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["careful", "detailed", "in-depth"],
                "… of research": ["piece"],
                "verb + research": ["carry out", "conduct", "do"],
                "research + verb": [
                    "demonstrate something",
                    "find something",
                    "identify something"
                ],
                "research + noun": ["degree", "effort", "programme/​program"],
                "preposition": ["research in", "research into", "research on"],
                "phrases": [
                    "an area of research",
                    "focus your research on something",
                    "somebody’s own research"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈsɜːtʃ//ˈriːsɜːtʃ/",
                "audio": "re/research/research__gb_6.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈriːsɜːrtʃ//rɪˈsɜːrtʃ/",
                "audio": "re/research/research__us_2_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from obsolete French recerche (noun), recercher (verb), from Old French re- (expressing intensive force) + cerchier ‘to search’."
}