different between interrogatory vs research

English

Etymology

Late Latin; equivalent to interrogate + -ory (“pertaining to”), or more distantly inter- + rogatory.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??nt???????t??i/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??nt??????t??i/, /??nt??????t?i/

Noun

interrogatory (plural interrogatories)

1. (law) A formal question submitted to opposing party to answer, generally governed by court rule.
   • 2013, James J. Gross, It's Splitsville: Surviving Your Divorce (page 240)

     If those attempts are unsuccessful, the attorney requesting the interrogatories may file a motion for sanctions with the court. The sanctions range from attorney fees to prohibiting the nonanswering party from presenting or defending claims.

2. A question; an interrogation.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “interrogatory”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Adjective

interrogatory (comparative more interrogatory, superlative most interrogatory)

1. Serving to interrogate; questioning.

English

Etymology

Early Modern French rechercher (“to examine closely”), from Old French recerchier (“to seek, to look for”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???s??t?/, /??i?.s??t?/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t?
• (US) IPA^(key): /??i.s?t?/, /?i?s?t?/

Noun

research (countable and uncountable, plural researches)

1. (uncountable, countable in some dialects) 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. (countable, dated) A particular instance or piece of research.
   • 1747, The Scots magazine (volume 9, page 567)

     The first step I took in this so necessary a research, was to examine the motives, the justice, the necessity and expediency of the revolution […]

Synonyms

• investigation
• exploration
• examination
• study
• inquiry
• scrutiny

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• research octane number
• research paper
• recherche

Translations

Verb

research (third-person singular simple present researches, present participle researching, simple past and past participle researched)

1. (transitive) To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
2. (intransitive) To make an extensive investigation into.
3. (transitive) To search again.

Translations

References

• “research”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “research” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "research" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Anagrams

• reachers, searcher

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From English research, from early Modern French rechercher (“to examine closely”), from Old French recerchier (“to seek, to look for”). Forms a doublet with Dutch recherche, which is a direct borrowing from French.

Noun

research f (uncountable, diminutive researchje n)

1. research

Usage notes

The plural is very rare or non-existent.

Synonyms

• onderzoek, speurwerk, vorsing, navorsing