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Definitions of search
  1. verb
    inquire into
    "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"

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  2. noun
    an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property

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  3. noun
    the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

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  4. verb
    search or seek

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  5. verb
    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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  6. noun
    an investigation seeking answers
    "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing" "the outcome justified the search"
  7. noun
    boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
    "right of search"
  8. verb
    subject to a search
    "The police searched the suspect" "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"
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  9. noun
    the examination of alternative hypotheses
    "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"
Examples of search
  • "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"
  • "The police are searching for clues"
  • "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
  • "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"
  • "the outcome justified the search"
  • "right of search"
  • "The police searched the suspect"
  • "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"
  • "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"
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