research worker
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈriːsɜːrʧ ˈwɜːrkər/
:
investigador
- Back on the campus, it took hundreds of research workers a decade to show the systematic biases built into the categories used by the adherents of the Cultural Deprivation position to make their comparisons of how different children learn.
Examples
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Research workers, media, civil society, and the public at large are seeking to improve understanding, awareness, and knowledge about labor and related subjects.
Academic text (2018) -
The research worker conducted experiments in the laboratory to uncover new medical treatments.
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After years of study, the research worker published her findings in a prestigious academic journal.
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As a research worker, he focuses on climate change and its effects on global ecosystems.
Synonyms
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2.1
A person who studies science and does experiments to find new facts
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2.7
A person who studies something carefully to find new information
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3.6
A person who studies facts and evidence to find the truth
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4.3
A person who runs scientific tests to check an idea
How Senior
3
3.4
- Specialized
7
7.0
693
2.7
1
3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who conducts research' is directly and compositionally derived from 'research' (investigation) + 'worker' (a person who works). This noun-noun compounding pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Research worker gives a simple picture: a research person who is a worker digging for facts in a lab or library. So it means 'a person whose job is to find out new facts'.