Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

research assistant

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables: re-search as-sis-tant
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who assists a researcher, often on a contractual basis, with research in a commercial, academic, or private setting.

Example Sentences

"I am a research assistant for a cryoscience consortium and my chief duty is to conduct reviews of current scholarship on Antarctic ice movement."
"During this period the research assistant made a detailed examination of all course material, and then applied the following concept analysis procedures to the course content through a series of interviews with the professor."

Inflected Forms

research assistants (plural)

Derived Forms

RA RAship

Phrases

research assistantship

Questions

What does research assistant mean?: A person who assists a researcher, often on a contractual basis, with research in a commercial, academic, or private setting.

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