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   search

   /səːtʃ/

   verb

   • 1. try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly: "I searched among the rocks, but there was nothing" Similar huntlookexploreforagefish aboutfish aroundlook high and lowcast aboutcast roundcast aroundferret (about)ferret (around)root aboutroot aroundrummage aboutrummage aroundseekscout outpursue
   • ▪ examine (a place, vehicle, or person) thoroughly in order to find something or someone: "she searched the house from top to bottom" Similar look around/roundexploreprobehunt throughlook throughscrabble about inscrabble around inroot about inroot around inferret (about) inferret (around) inrummage about inrummage around inrummage in/throughforage throughfish about infish around inpoke around indig ingrub about ingrub around indelve ingo throughsift throughrifle throughscourcombransackturn overgo through with a fine-tooth combturn upside downturn inside outleave no stone unturned ininformal:rootle around infossick throughpoozlerare:roust around inexamineinspectcheckfriskinformal:give someone a/the once-over
   • ▪ look for information in (a database or the World Wide Web) using a search engine: "search our online archive for stories dating back to February 1996"

   noun

   • 1. an act of searching for someone or something: "the police carried out a thorough search of the premises"
   • ▪ an act or instance of searching a database or the World Wide Web: "I did a search for creative-writing courses at UK universities and came up with 422"
   • ▪ the systematic retrieval of information, or the facility for this: "the advanced search includes options for sorting by date and specifying the news source"
   • ▪ an investigation of public records to find if a property is subject to any liabilities or encumbrances.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French cerchier (verb), from late Latin circare ‘go round’, from Latin circus ‘circle’.

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   What does search mean?

   • Search means to look to find something that is missing or whose location has been forgotten or is unknown. It also means to carefully examine a person or thing to find something that is hidden. A more modern meaning of search is to enter a query on a search engine or website in order to find a specific page or piece of information.

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   Where did search come from?

   • The first records of the word search come from the early 1300s. It ultimately comes from the Late Latin verb circāre, meaning “to go around.” The noun sense comes from the verb. Search shares an origin with the words circle and circus. The Latin circāre comes from the Latin word circus, meaning “ring” or “circle.”

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   Is search a noun or noun?

   • If you search for information on a computer, you give the computer an instruction to find that information. You can use a directory service to search for people on the internet. [VERB + for] Search is also a noun. Google long ago identified mobile search as the sector for growth. 6. See also searching, strip-search 7. 8.

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   What does Search Me Mean?

   • Search me. In addition to the idiom beginning with search , also see high and low, search; in search of. You’re in search of sweets for your sweethearts more than ever and you’re ready to try something new.

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   Search definition: to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost. See examples of SEARCH used in a sentence.

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   The meaning of SEARCH is to look into or over carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something. How to use search in a sentence.

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   Definitions of search. verb. search or seek. synonyms: look. see more. 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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   1. To search a place or space in order to find something: searched all afternoon for my wallet. 2. To make a careful examination or investigation: searching for the right words to say. 3. To use a search engine or other software to find any data matching a particular pattern. 4. Law To make a search for evidence. n. 1. An act of searching. 2.

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   A search is an attempt to find something or someone by looking for them carefully. There was no chance of him being found alive and the search was abandoned. Egypt has said there is no time to lose in the search for a Middle East settlement.