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Past tense of research

regular verb

The past tense of research is researched. The past participle is also researched.

Forms of research

Base form (V1)research /ˈɹiːsɜːt͡ʃ/
Past tense (V2)researched
Past participle (V3)researched
Present participleresearching
Third person singularresearches /ɹɪˈsɜːt͡ʃɪz/

Researched in a sentence

  • Agency and bank staff told the newspaper the ad researched well.
  • Many, many more people look at etymologies, but have never researched any themselves.2011 [2009], Philip Durkin, “About this book”, in The Oxford Guide to Etymology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page ix. From the entry etymology
  • Some people will never even have thought of etymologies as things which need to be researched.2011 [2009], Philip Durkin, “About this book”, in The Oxford Guide to Etymology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page ix. From the entry etymology
  • Beckman has even researched what she says are the New World origins of Shakespeare’s play.2009 September 26, Joseph Berger, “Bard, Boardwalk and, With Luck, Only a Staged Tempest”, in New York Times. From the entry conceptualizer
  • The region mentioned has been geophysically researched (deep geoelectric, geomagnetic, gravity), too.2001, M.Oluic, D. Cvijanovic, S. Romandic, edited by Gérard Bégni, Observing our environment from space: new solutions for a new…. From the entry geophysically

Meaning of research

  1. noun Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc. (that are currently available, or that are familiar to oneself).
  2. noun A particular instance or piece of research.
  3. verb To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.

Full definition of research

Questions about the past tense of research

What is the past tense of research?
The past tense of research is researched.
What is the past participle of research?
The past participle of research is researched.
Is research a regular or irregular verb?
Research is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: research (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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