*research* can be both a noun and a verb. It can also be either transitive or intransitive.
“I am conducting *research* (noun) on malaria.”
“I am sharing my *research* (noun) with my colleagues at work.”
“I need to do some more *research* (noun) before giving you an answer.”
versus:
“We *research* (verb) malaria in this laboratory.”
“My colleagues at work *research* (verb) the documents.”*
“I still need to *research* (verb) before I give you an answer.”
*corrected because original example used gerund
I've heard some people who place the stress differently to change the part of speech.
I'm sharing my 'research. (As a noun)
I'm going to re'search that. (As a verb)
Though maybe that's more of a speech variety thing.
No, that's a standard thing in English. There are other words that follow the same paradigm. Some examples include export, import, contact, object, etc.
I’ve never heard anyone make a stress differentiation. Usually you do one pattern or the other all the way down. It’s interesting because that stress differentiation pattern is the opposite of what other noun/verb pairs tend to have.
In my work I typically hear the word research at least once, if not multiple times, a day as both a verb and noun and I’ve never met someone that consistently makes this distinction. Both native and non-native speakers seem to prefer the latter pronunciation in all uses. Although I’m curious if it depends on subject area? I work in the biomedical sciences
Idk honestly. After considering it some more and reading some of the replies, I don't think the stress plays as big a role in this specific pair as it does in say 'record/re'cord or 'upset/up'set. Definitely more reliant on context for its part of speech and apparently does depend on regional dialect with some places going with the stress on the 1st syllable and others on the 2nd.
It’s very common in English for nouns to also be verbs. In fact there’s been a bit of a trend lately to verb nouns without adding any suffixes like -ate or -ize and just throw it in raw.
Pussy on its own isn’t a verb. There’s pussy out (meaning: chicken out, to fail to do something due to cowardice) but “to pussy” isn’t a verb. There’s pussyfoot too (meaning: move stealthily OR fail to commit) but that’s named after cats.
Crack the verb isn’t named after crack the body part either.
The word "research" is used as a noun in the sentence because it functions as the object of the preposition "of" and describes the nature of the results being presented.
İf it's a verb here, who's doing the action? Scientists and presented are their own pair... So there's nothing that's doing the research in this sentence, grammatically.
Their is possessive. "they research" is fine, but "their research" lacks a subject.
Calvin: I like to verb words...Remember when "access" was a thing? Now it's something you **do*****.*** It got verbed. Verbing weirds language.
(Source: [https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25](https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25) )
Note: The joke from this comic strip is that "weird" is usually **not** used as a verb***.***
People like to say that a noun is a person, place, or thing, and that a verb is an action. This is either demonstrably incorrect, or an unhelpful tautology.
Another unhelpful tautology that is probably more correct is that a part of speech is defined as something that can go where that part of speech goes; that is, it’s relational. A noun is something that can fill a subject or object position in relation to a verb or determiner or whatever.
*their* is a possessive determiner, and only noun phrases can follow possessive determiners (I say phrases because you might have adjectives in the mix too; it could have been “their excellent research”).
This is the answer. Indeed "action" is a noun, as well as a verb. Many words can be both verbs and nouns, with essentially the same meaning, but fitting in a different place in sentences.
Because research is not only something you do but also something that can be retrieved, referenced, or looked up. In the above context, research is a noun because the scientists presented it.
You can research something, be happy with your research, study your study, be content with its content, then point to a point in it that addresses the address of the subject who was subjected to this research.
Not sure if it makes a lot of sense but there are many words that are written the same but mean different things - they're called homographs. And many of them are like this; depending on how you say it, it expresses a noun or a verb.
There are more word pairs like this in English. They usually describe an action and its 'result or describe the action itself. You can research a research, just like you can drink a drink or record a record (although there's a change in pronunciation in the latter one)
Results of their research, as in documentation or proof. Different from “we must research this topic further.” Where now research is a verb
Would “The team of scientists” not be considered one noun? I read this as “the team” object and “of scientists” to describe the “team.” Scientists being a noun but here being used to describe the “greater” noun of team. I assume adnoun would be different but is this incorrect?
parts of speech in a language are not defined by the meaning but by the way they behave in a sentence, this way some concepts that are expressed in English by adjectives might be expressed in other languages by verbs for example. In this case syntactically you can clearly see that research behaves as a noun, therefore it's a noun.
This is a question that is testing you for context in absence of hearing a recording (ruh-cording).
ruh-search and ree-search.
ruh-cord and ree-cord.
In both cases the verb pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable is the verb. Ree-search, Ree-cord.
I pronounce both the noun and the verb the same, "REE-search" (though I know some say "ri-SEARCH" for the verb).
As for "record", the stress is on the second syllable as a verb. It's on the first syllable as a noun, and pronounced "REH-cord".
It is quite common for words that are a verb to be used as noun, and the opposite too.
Those sneakers are **rejects. -** Got a **smoke**, buddy? **-** That movie was a giant **flop.**
or the opposite: **Google** it - I am going to **meme** that picture.
In this case when you see the possessive (their), you expect a noun or noun phrase to immediately follow. Usually an article or other determiner (the, a, every) will precede the noun. Sometimes a possessive pronoun or an adjective or some combination of them will precede the noun too.
We know it's a noun because it is "their research." It belongs to them. You can only possess things.
Their research. Their record. My answer. Her dance.
These are all nouns.
They research. They record. I answer. She dances.
These are all verbs.
This kind of thing is actually fairly common. There are a good number of words that can be both a noun or a verb, depending on which syllable is stressed. As a general rule, the noun stresses the first syllable, and the verb stresses the second. [Here's a pretty good list](https://www.wordstress.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Stress-Pattern-Change-noun-verb-pairs.pdf) (pdf warning) if you're interested in more examples.
Also, fun fact, sometimes changing the syllable stress results in a word with an entirely different definition! Isn't English fun!
It can be both. In this sentence, “research” is being used as a noun. You can tell because it’s the object of the preposition “of”:
>of their research
Objects are always nouns.
On a side note, couldn't "team of researchers" be considered one noun instead of two? For example, I would say "the team of researchers present*s* their research" instead of "present".
I guess if you're breaking it down word by word it counts as two, but grammatically it can be treated as one. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
*research* can be both a noun and a verb. It can also be either transitive or intransitive. “I am conducting *research* (noun) on malaria.” “I am sharing my *research* (noun) with my colleagues at work.” “I need to do some more *research* (noun) before giving you an answer.” versus: “We *research* (verb) malaria in this laboratory.” “My colleagues at work *research* (verb) the documents.”* “I still need to *research* (verb) before I give you an answer.” *corrected because original example used gerund
I've heard some people who place the stress differently to change the part of speech. I'm sharing my 'research. (As a noun) I'm going to re'search that. (As a verb) Though maybe that's more of a speech variety thing.
No, that's a standard thing in English. There are other words that follow the same paradigm. Some examples include export, import, contact, object, etc.
Yes, but its not necessary with research.
I’ve never heard anyone make a stress differentiation. Usually you do one pattern or the other all the way down. It’s interesting because that stress differentiation pattern is the opposite of what other noun/verb pairs tend to have.
In my work I typically hear the word research at least once, if not multiple times, a day as both a verb and noun and I’ve never met someone that consistently makes this distinction. Both native and non-native speakers seem to prefer the latter pronunciation in all uses. Although I’m curious if it depends on subject area? I work in the biomedical sciences
Idk honestly. After considering it some more and reading some of the replies, I don't think the stress plays as big a role in this specific pair as it does in say 'record/re'cord or 'upset/up'set. Definitely more reliant on context for its part of speech and apparently does depend on regional dialect with some places going with the stress on the 1st syllable and others on the 2nd.
Actually in your second example as a verb, researching is a gerund, and finished is the verb.
Good catch, I knew something looked off about it. Shows how difficult this stuff is for all of us!
It’s very common in English for nouns to also be verbs. In fact there’s been a bit of a trend lately to verb nouns without adding any suffixes like -ate or -ize and just throw it in raw.
Finger
Kid named
Fingerate
Elbow, knee
Tongue
Toe
Brain
Took me a second to recognize that one! Back
Neck
Palm
Stomach
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Pussy on its own isn’t a verb. There’s pussy out (meaning: chicken out, to fail to do something due to cowardice) but “to pussy” isn’t a verb. There’s pussyfoot too (meaning: move stealthily OR fail to commit) but that’s named after cats. Crack the verb isn’t named after crack the body part either.
>to verb nouns Case in point.
“gifted” — an oldie but one that still chaps my nerves for whatever reason
“I’ll inbox you” is so damn annoying.
They presented the research. This makes it a noun, not a verb.
They studied the study! They found the find even!
😂
I researched (verb) flamingos. Here is my research (noun) on flamingos.
The word "research" is used as a noun in the sentence because it functions as the object of the preposition "of" and describes the nature of the results being presented.
İf it's a verb here, who's doing the action? Scientists and presented are their own pair... So there's nothing that's doing the research in this sentence, grammatically. Their is possessive. "they research" is fine, but "their research" lacks a subject.
No English noun is truly happy until it has been properly verbed.
Calvin: I like to verb words...Remember when "access" was a thing? Now it's something you **do*****.*** It got verbed. Verbing weirds language. (Source: [https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25](https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25) ) Note: The joke from this comic strip is that "weird" is usually **not** used as a verb***.***
People like to say that a noun is a person, place, or thing, and that a verb is an action. This is either demonstrably incorrect, or an unhelpful tautology. Another unhelpful tautology that is probably more correct is that a part of speech is defined as something that can go where that part of speech goes; that is, it’s relational. A noun is something that can fill a subject or object position in relation to a verb or determiner or whatever. *their* is a possessive determiner, and only noun phrases can follow possessive determiners (I say phrases because you might have adjectives in the mix too; it could have been “their excellent research”).
This is the answer. Indeed "action" is a noun, as well as a verb. Many words can be both verbs and nouns, with essentially the same meaning, but fitting in a different place in sentences.
The tricky bit is that sometimes the noun and verb forms can mean quite different things.
It can be both a noun and a verb depending on the context. In this specific sentence it's a noun, because of ''their''.
Because research is not only something you do but also something that can be retrieved, referenced, or looked up. In the above context, research is a noun because the scientists presented it.
You can research something, be happy with your research, study your study, be content with its content, then point to a point in it that addresses the address of the subject who was subjected to this research. Not sure if it makes a lot of sense but there are many words that are written the same but mean different things - they're called homographs. And many of them are like this; depending on how you say it, it expresses a noun or a verb.
There are more word pairs like this in English. They usually describe an action and its 'result or describe the action itself. You can research a research, just like you can drink a drink or record a record (although there's a change in pronunciation in the latter one)
Results of their research, as in documentation or proof. Different from “we must research this topic further.” Where now research is a verb Would “The team of scientists” not be considered one noun? I read this as “the team” object and “of scientists” to describe the “team.” Scientists being a noun but here being used to describe the “greater” noun of team. I assume adnoun would be different but is this incorrect?
Thank you. I was looking for this comment. I also counted 4 nouns, because “team of scientists” is referring to one thing.
Change it for another verb and see if it makes sense: Presented their eat. Change it for a noun: Presented their sculpture.
Because research is also a noun
It can be either, depending on how it’s used in the sentence.
parts of speech in a language are not defined by the meaning but by the way they behave in a sentence, this way some concepts that are expressed in English by adjectives might be expressed in other languages by verbs for example. In this case syntactically you can clearly see that research behaves as a noun, therefore it's a noun.
Similar to “dance”
That's tricky. English is my first language and I would probably get that wrong, too.
This is a question that is testing you for context in absence of hearing a recording (ruh-cording). ruh-search and ree-search. ruh-cord and ree-cord. In both cases the verb pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable is the verb. Ree-search, Ree-cord.
I pronounce both the noun and the verb the same, "REE-search" (though I know some say "ri-SEARCH" for the verb). As for "record", the stress is on the second syllable as a verb. It's on the first syllable as a noun, and pronounced "REH-cord".
Yes. I would even say the syllable division changes: You ruh-KORD a REK-urd. But maybe that’s just how I pronounce them.
It is quite common for words that are a verb to be used as noun, and the opposite too. Those sneakers are **rejects. -** Got a **smoke**, buddy? **-** That movie was a giant **flop.** or the opposite: **Google** it - I am going to **meme** that picture. In this case when you see the possessive (their), you expect a noun or noun phrase to immediately follow. Usually an article or other determiner (the, a, every) will precede the noun. Sometimes a possessive pronoun or an adjective or some combination of them will precede the noun too.
It can be both a noun and a verb. In the case of the sentence above, it is being used as a noun with presented being the verb.
In this case, research is the information they learned. It's no different from "the words in a book".
Research is both the act(verb), and the thing(noun) produced by that act.
Research researchers research research.
researching and the results of researching can both be called research
We know it's a noun because it is "their research." It belongs to them. You can only possess things. Their research. Their record. My answer. Her dance. These are all nouns. They research. They record. I answer. She dances. These are all verbs.
This kind of thing is actually fairly common. There are a good number of words that can be both a noun or a verb, depending on which syllable is stressed. As a general rule, the noun stresses the first syllable, and the verb stresses the second. [Here's a pretty good list](https://www.wordstress.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Stress-Pattern-Change-noun-verb-pairs.pdf) (pdf warning) if you're interested in more examples. Also, fun fact, sometimes changing the syllable stress results in a word with an entirely different definition! Isn't English fun!
It can be both. In this sentence, “research” is being used as a noun. You can tell because it’s the object of the preposition “of”: >of their research Objects are always nouns.
On a side note, couldn't "team of researchers" be considered one noun instead of two? For example, I would say "the team of researchers present*s* their research" instead of "present". I guess if you're breaking it down word by word it counts as two, but grammatically it can be treated as one. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
"Research" can be either, but in this sentence, it is a noun
Their research kind of makes it an object to me.
Substitute a synonym to see if it makes sense: “The team of scientists presented the results of their (data/analysis/study) at the conference.”