research
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
systematic investigation to establish facts
Types & categories
- investigating hypernym
- operations research hyponym
- field work hyponym
- marketing research hyponym
- microscopy hyponym
- probe hyponym
- scientific research hyponym
Related & opposite
- explore derivation
Sense 2 verb
attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner
The student researched the history of that word
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- inquiry derivation
- investigator derivation
Sense 3 noun
a search for knowledge
their pottery deserves more research than it has received
Types & categories
- problem solving hypernym
- nature study hyponym
- experimentation hyponym
- empirical research hyponym
- investigation hyponym
- poll hyponym
- heraldry hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
inquire into
the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project
Types & categories
- look into hypernym
- prospect hyponym
- google hyponym
- mapquest hyponym
- re-explore hyponym
- cast about hyponym
Related & opposite
- research derivation
- search derivation
- exploration derivation
- inquiry derivation
- investigator derivation
- searcher derivation
- exploratory derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | explore |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | investigating |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | operations research |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | field work |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | marketing research |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | microscopy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | probe |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scientific research |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inquiry |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | investigator |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | look into |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | look up |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | explore |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | research |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | problem solving |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | nature study |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | experimentation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | empirical research |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | investigation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | poll |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | heraldry |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | research |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | search |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | exploration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | inquiry |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | investigator |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | searcher |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | exploratory |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | look into |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | prospect |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mapquest |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | re-explore |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cast about |