research – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of research

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to research
Participle: researched
Gerund: researching

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Iresearch
youresearch
he;she;itresearches
weresearch
youresearch
theyresearch

Perfect

Ihave researched
youhave researched
he;she;ithas researched
wehave researched
youhave researched
theyhave researched

Past

Iresearched
youresearched
he;she;itresearched
weresearched
youresearched
theyresearched

Pluperfect

Ihad researched
youhad researched
he;she;ithad researched
wehad researched
youhad researched
theyhad researched

Future

Iwill research
youwill research
he;she;itwill research
wewill research
youwill research
theywill research

Future Perfect

Iwill have researched
youwill have researched
he;she;itwill have researched
wewill have researched
youwill have researched
theywill have researched

Subjunctive

Present

Iresearch
youresearch
he;she;itresearch
weresearch
youresearch
theyresearch

Perfect

Ihave researched
youhave researched
he;she;ithave researched
wehave researched
youhave researched
theyhave researched

Imperfect

Iresearched
youresearched
he;she;itresearched
weresearched
youresearched
theyresearched

Pluperfect

Ihad researched
youhad researched
he;she;ithad researched
wehad researched
youhad researched
theyhad researched

Conditional

Present

Iwould research
youwould research
he;she;itwould research
wewould research
youwould research
theywould research

Perfect

Iwould have researched
youwould have researched
he;she;itwould have researched
wewould have researched
youwould have researched
theywould have researched

Imperative

youresearch
weLet's research
youresearch

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam researching
youare researching
he;she;itis researching
weare researching
youare researching
theyare researching

Perfect

Ihave been researching
youhave been researching
he;she;ithas been researching
wehave been researching
youhave been researching
theyhave been researching

Past

Iwas researching
youwere researching
he;she;itwas researching
wewere researching
youwere researching
theywere researching

Pluperfect

Ihad been researching
youhad been researching
he;she;ithad been researching
wehad been researching
youhad been researching
theyhad been researching

Future

Iwill be researching
youwill be researching
he;she;itwill be researching
wewill be researching
youwill be researching
theywill be researching

Future Perfect

Iwill have been researching
youwill have been researching
he;she;itwill have been researching
wewill have been researching
youwill have been researching
theywill have been researching

Conditional

Present

Iwould be researching
youwould be researching
he;she;itwould be researching
wewould be researching
youwould be researching
theywould be researching

Perfect

Iwould have been researching
youwould have been researching
he;she;itwould have been researching
wewould have been researching
youwould have been researching
theywould have been researching

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'research'

abash, abolish, abroach, accomplish, accroach, address, admix, admonish, ado, adpress, affamish, affix, alloo, amass, ambush, anguish, annex, appeach, appears, approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

examine or investigate systematically
explore
investigate
examine, inquire, scrutinize, study

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1577, "act of searching closely," from M.Fr. recerche (1539), from O.Fr. recercher "seek out, search closely," from re-, intensive prefix, + cercher "to seek for" (see search). Meaning "scientific inquiry" is first attested 1639. Phrase research and development is recorded from 1923.
2. Early Modern French rechercher (“to examine closely”), from Old French recerchier (“to seek, to look for”), by surface analysis, re- + search.

Sample Sentences

  • Agency and bank staff told the newspaper the ad researched well.