search
/sˈɝtʃ/
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Definitions
Noun
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
Noun
an investigation seeking answers; "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"; "the outcome justified the search"
Noun
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"
Noun
the examination of alternative hypotheses; "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"
Noun
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"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
Verb
search or seek; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"
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"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"
Verb
subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"
More General Terms
activity
examination
examine
higher cognitive process
investigate
investigating
investigation
look into
operation
scrutiny
see
More Specific Terms
angle
beat about
browse
cast about
cast around
comb
cruise
divine
drag
dredge
exploration
feel
finger
fish
forage
foraging
frisk
frisking
fumble
gather
go
go after
google
grope
grub
horn in
hunt
intrude
leave no stone unturned
looking
looking for
manhunt
mapquest
nose
poke
prospect
pry
pursuance
pursue
pursuit
quest
quest after
quest for
raid
ransack
ransacking
re-explore
rifle
rummage
scan
scour
scouring
seek out
seeking
shakedown
shop
strip-search
surf
want