Research vs Overresearched - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc.; laborious or continued search after truth.
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(countable) A particular instance or piece of research.
* Macaulay
* 1747 , The Scots magazine (volume 9, page 567)
To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
To make an extensive investigation into.
To search again.
Excessively researched.
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As a noun research
is (uncountable) diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc; laborious or continued search after truth.As a verb research
is to search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.As an adjective overresearched is
excessively researched.research
English
(wikipedia research)Noun
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- The dearest interests of parties have frequently been staked on the results of the researches of antiquaries.
- The first step I took in this so necessary a research , was to examine the motives, the justice, the necessity and expediency of the revolution
Synonyms
* researches * investigation * exploration * examination * study * inquiry * scrutinyDerived terms
* desk research * empirical research * field research * historical research * primary research * proresearch * qualitative research * quantitative research * scientific research * secondary researchVerb
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* * reachers * re-searchoverresearched
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Adjective
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