Research (pronunciation)

Research, in traditional British academic (RP) pronunciation, has the stress on the second syllable: re-SEARCH, whether it is used as a noun ("I'm doing some research") or a verb ("I'm going to research an essay").

Speakers of American English will put the stress on the first syllable: REE-search. An English academic (a u-speaker, of a senior generation) has remarked "REEsearch is done on google; reSEARCH involves hard work and books." This may serve to point out why some academics may reject, or sneer at, online resources. (See also wikipedia.)

Those whose first language is not English may like to see AWE's advice on the grammatical use of the noun.