SEARCH
\sˈɜːt͡ʃ], \sˈɜːtʃ], \s_ˈɜː_tʃ]\
Definitions of SEARCH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
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an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property; "they wrote a program to do a table lookup"
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an investigation seeking answers; "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"; "the outcome justified the search"
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boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas; "right of search"
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the examination of alternative hypotheses; "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"
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subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"
By Princeton University
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try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
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an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property; "they wrote a program to do a table lookup"
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an investigation seeking answers; "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"; "the outcome justified the search"
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boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas; "right of search"
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the examination of alternative hypotheses; "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"
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subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.
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To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound.
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To examine; to try; to put to the test.
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To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt.
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The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination.
By Oddity Software
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To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.
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To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound.
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To examine; to try; to put to the test.
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To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt.
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The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination.
By Noah Webster.
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To seek for; look for; go over and examine; as, to search a house; explore; inspect; probe.
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Seek; to make inquiry.
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The act of seeking or looking for something; investigation; examination; pursuit; quest.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To look round to find: to seek: to examine: to inspect: to explore: to put to the test.
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To seek for: to make inquiry.
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The act of seeking or looking for: examination: inquiry: investigation: pursuit.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. Act of seeking or looking for something; inquiry; research; examination; — quest; pursuit;—scrutiny; exploration; investigation.