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| 1. | [ noun ] the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone | |
| Synonyms: | hunting hunt searching | |
| Related terms: | activity exploration ransacking scouring foraging quest shakedown frisk looking manhunt dowsing hunt | |
| 2. | [ verb ] try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of | |
| Synonyms: | look_for seek | |
| Examples: | "The police are searching for clues" "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" |
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| Related terms: | seek_out want gather grope quest_for feel fish scour ferret shop grub divine maraud dredge divine browse hunt leave_no_stone_unturned finger quest | |
| 3. | [ verb ] search or seek | |
| Synonyms: | look | |
| Examples: | "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest" "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!" |
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| Related terms: | examine pry cruise prospect hunt | |
| 4. | [ noun ] an investigation seeking answers | |
| Examples: | "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing" or "the outcome justified the search" |
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| Related terms: | investigation research | |
| 5. | [ verb ] inquire into | |
| Synonyms: | explore research | |
| Related terms: | investigate re-explore cast_about prospect research research_worker inquiry exploration | |
| 6. | [ verb ] subject to a search | |
| Examples: | "The police searched the suspect" "We searched the whole house for the missing keys" |
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| Related terms: | examine comb rummage scan frisk raid strip-search go | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (computer science) an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property | |
| Synonyms: | lookup | |
| Examples: | "they wrote a program to do a table lookup" |
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| Related terms: | operation | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (psychology) the examination of alternative hypotheses | |
| Examples: | "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful" |
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| Related terms: | higher_cognitive_process hunt hunt | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (nautical) boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas | |
| Examples: | "right of search" |
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| Related terms: | examination | |
| Similar spelling: |
Searcy Sergi serge Serax Sears serous serosa Seroka series Sergio |
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