search
/sɝt͡ʃ/noun, verb1 syllable
Search means: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone.
Synonyms for search11
noun, as in an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
verb, as in try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
verb, as in search or seek
What does search mean?9
noun
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
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”
an investigation seeking answers“a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing”
the examination of alternative hypotheses“his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful”
boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas“right of search”
verb
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of“The police are searching for clues”
inquire into“the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project”
search or seek“We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest”
subject to a search“The police searched the suspect”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with search?4
Search in a sentence
- Because of the storm, we couldn't search for the lost child.CK
- You don't need to know everything, you just need to know where to search.marcelostockle
- Do not search for people's weaknesses, but for their strengths.WestofEden
- Sometimes a bright word comes suddenly, without any search, by itself.astyng
- After a long search, we found a satisfactory room.sharptoothed
- The empire expanded eastward, in search of resources for its burgeoning textile industry.mailohilohi
- Ten years ago, the search engine began personalizing search results for each user.Jesse
- Search as we would, we could not find it.unknown
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of search
as a noun
- plural
- searches
as a verb
- past tense
- searched
- present participle
- searching
- third-person singular
- searches
- past participle
- searched