researcher

«researcher» in Mova's school dictionary: to study something carefully to discover new facts, for… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a researcher, researchers)

meaning for a pupil

A person whose job is to study something carefully to discover new facts, for example a scientist doing experiments or someone studying history or people. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and news lessons, researchers find things out and publish results; children learn to ask who the researchers were and how they tested their idea. Phrases: medical researcher, researchers found that, a team of researchers.

examples

• Researchers found that dogs can understand many words. tree →
• A team of researchers studied the coral reef. tree →
• The researcher wore a lab coat and goggles. tree →
• Researchers say more sleep helps children learn. tree →
• My aunt is a researcher who studies bees. tree →
• The researcher asked our class to fill in a survey. tree →

note

Countable. Verb and noun: research (researching, researched; research as a noun is usually uncountable: do some research). Researchers found that is often reported as fact, but one study can be wrong, so check if others agree.

In the corpora

• When researchers sprayed a harmless mist into single canopy trees, beetles of hundreds of kinds fell out, many never named.
• Researchers who count conflicts reported that the number of wars in the world has risen in recent years.
• Researchers disagree about how strong bubbles are, and many people still meet other views at school, at work and in their families.
• A rabbit hole is going deeper into one strange topic, and researchers argue about how often feeds lead people there.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «researcher» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.