Researching Research Ways Improving Book Facts Verb Bre

• they're researching into ways of improving people's diet.
• to research a problem/topic/market
• she's in new york researching her new book (= finding facts and information to put in it).
• we have to research how the product will actually be used.

research

1. to study something carefully and try to discover new facts about it
• They're researching into ways of improving people's diet.
• to research a problem/topic/market
• She's in New York researching her new book (= finding facts and information to put in it).
• We have to research how the product will actually be used.

Extra Examples

• I spent two years carefully researching into his background.
• She is currently researching for her next novel.
• The book has been poorly researched.
• She spent some time researching what gaps there were in the childcare market.
• She’s in New Zealand researching her new book.
• The experience of being a personal carer has been well researched.
• They’re researching into new ways of improving people’s diets.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they research
• he / she / it researches
• past simple researched
• past participle researched
• -ing form researching

Word Origin

• late 16th cent.: from obsolete French recerche (noun), recercher (verb), from Old French re- (expressing intensive force) + cerchier ‘to search’.