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English to English noun
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the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone |  | source: wordnet30
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an investigation seeking answers | | Example: a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing
the outcome justified the search
source: wordnet30
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an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property | | Example: they wrote a program to do a table lookup
source: wordnet30
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the examination of alternative hypotheses | | Example: his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful
source: wordnet30
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boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas | | Example: right of search
source: wordnet30
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The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination. | | source: webster1913 verb
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try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of | | Example: The police are searching for clues
They are searching for the missing man in the entire county
source: wordnet30
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search or seek | | Example: We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest
Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!
source: wordnet30
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inquire into | | Example: the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project
He searched for information on his relatives on the web
Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness
source: wordnet30
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subject to a search | | Example: The police searched the suspect
We searched the whole house for the missing keys
source: wordnet30
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To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city. | | source: webster1913
| 12 |
To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt. | | source: webster1913
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