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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-surch, ree-surch
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈsɜrtʃ, ˈri sɜrtʃ



Définition of researcher

Origin :
  • 1570s, "act of searching closely," from Middle French recerche (1530s, Modern French recherche), back-formation from Old French recercher (see research (v.)). Meaning "scientific inquiry" is first attested 1630s. Phrase research and development is recorded from 1923.
  • noun research worker
Example sentences :
  • The researcher may have to work for years before he achieves the results for which he is looking.
  • Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe
  • The Researcher felt that a Theory must be constructed without delay.
  • Extract from : « Sylvie and Bruno » by Lewis Carroll
  • It will be, declares one researcher, "the ultimate in communications."
  • Extract from : « The Practical Values of Space Exploration » by Committee on Science and Astronautics
  • Leoh became a student once again, then a researcher, and finally a Professor of Psychophysiology.
  • Extract from : « The Dueling Machine » by Benjamin William Bova
  • Years back an American researcher named Rhine obtained seemingly conclusive proof that telepathy took place.
  • Extract from : « The Leader » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins (AKA Murray Leinster)
  • Action is ex hypothesi left to others; the function of the researcher is quite simply to look and tell us what he sees.
  • Extract from : « Philosophy and The Social Problem » by Will Durant
  • Some future researcher may be so fortunate as to compare them with the first editions if they exist.
  • Extract from : « Amenities of Literature » by Isaac Disraeli
  • I'm sure it thrills you to realize that some researcher, far in the future, will one day use the very knowledge that you gave.
  • Extract from : « At the Post » by Horace Leonard Gold
  • Consider, for instance, the many ramifications and possibilities which would be thrown open to the researcher!
  • Extract from : « The Problems of Psychical Research » by Hereward Carrington
  • In a few minutes the official has placed the researcher on the right track.
  • Extract from : « Social Transformations of the Victorian Age » by T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott

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