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/sɜːt͡ʃ/ English

Definitions

noun

An attempt to find something.“With only five minutes until we were meant to leave, the search for the keys started in earnest.”
The act of searching in general.“Search is a hard problem for computers to solve efficiently.”

verb

To look in (a place) for something.“I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.”
(followed by "for") To look thoroughly.“The police are searching for evidence in his flat.”
To look for, seek.
To probe or examine (a wound).

Related words

Synonyms

comb look for scour seek explore lookup research look hunting hunt seeking seeker quest exploration exploratory exploring finder detect

Associated

query rescue warrants queries searches seizure warrant optimization google yahoo bing searched

Rhymes

lurch perch smirch research church scientific research baptist church empirical research operations research established church

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