collocation · academic
carry out research
UK/ˌkær.i aʊt rɪˈsɜːtʃ/US/ˌkæri aʊt rɪˈsɜːrtʃ/CARRy out RE·search
to perform or execute research activities or experiments
Examples
“The NGO will carry out research to assess the program's impact.”
“Engineers carried out research to improve the material's durability.”
“Students were asked to carry out research and present their results.”
Band 8 sentence
“To evaluate the intervention's efficacy, the team will carry out research across multiple sites over two years.”
Collocations
- carry out experiments
- carry out a survey
Word family
Common mistakes
do the research→carry out research / do research
perform a research→carry out research / perform research
Say it for a higher band
5do research→6conduct research→7+carry out research
Synonyms
conduct research
Easily confused
conduct research
“The chemists will conduct research to test the new compound's safety.”
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