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research

/ɹɪˈsɜːtʃ/
noun
  1. Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc.; laborious or continued search after truth.

    "The research station that houses Wang and his team is outside Lijiang, a city of about 1.2 million people."

  2. A particular instance or piece of research.

Synonymsexamination, exploration, inquiry, investigation, scrutiny, study
verb
  1. To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.

  2. To make an extensive investigation into.

  3. To search again.

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