Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom; to research a topic in the library; medical research.

Systematic observation of phenomena for the purpose of learning new facts or testing the application of theories to known facts; -- also called scientific research. This is the research part of the phrase "research and development" (R&D).

To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.

Critical and exhaustive investigation or experimentation having for its aim the revision of accepted conclusions in the light of newly discovered facts.

The process of gathering information for the purpose of initiating, modifying...

the gathering or finding out of information to help in developing an idea.

Haymarket Interactive can conduct research on your behalf with tools such as random pop-up survey boxes. This allows clients to gather valuable information from targeted prospects.

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State program classification (102) that includes all funds expended for activities specifically organized to produce research outcomes and commissioned by an agency either external to the institution or separately budgeted by an organizational unit within the institution.

A functional expense category that includes expenses for activities specifically organized to produce research outcomes and commissioned by an agency either external to the institution or separately budgeted by an organizational unit within the institution. The category includes institutes and research centers, and individual and project research. This function does not include nonresearch sponsored programs (e.g., training programs). Also included are information technology expenses related to research activities if the institution separately budgets and expenses information technology resources (otherwise these expenses are included in academic support.) FASB institutions include actual or allocated costs for operation & maintenance of plant, interest, and depreciation. GASB institutions do not include operation & maintenance of plant or interest but may, as an option, distribute depreciation expense.

He's working at a research institute as an assistant.

IBM Research has more than 3000 scientists and engineers at eight labs in six countries worldwide: the Thomas J Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York; the Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California; the Zurich Research Laboratory in Ruschlikon, Switzerland; the Tokyo Research Laboratory in Yamato, Japan; the Haifa Research Laboratory in Haifa, Israel; the China Research Laboratory in Beijing, China; the India Research Laboratory in Delhi, India; and the Austin Research Laboratory in Austin, Texas. The major areas of research are computer systems, computer applications and solutions, systems technology, physical sciences, mathematical sciences, data storage, and communications.

an opportunity to leverage the significant assets of both companies to develop an approach which helps clients work through the new challenges of EA

a whole new area of potential controversy

a relatively recent development and must be evaluated as such

the process of gathering, evaluating, and interpreting information, usually to answer a particular question or problem. This includes using ALL appropriate print and electronic sources, asking the reference librarian for help, and making use of bibliographies given by other authors.

Set of activities designed to answer selected questions (See also "evaluation" & "evidence")

n. the second phase in the fund-raising process.

Offline: A phase in the captioning process in which spellings are verified for any questionable words in the captions, such as names or unusual terms. Realtime: A phase in the preparation process prior to captioning in which the captioner reviews all possible names and terms that may be used in the program.

A phase in the captioning process in which spellings of names and obscure words are checked for accuracy.