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search - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'search' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Search [ v. i.]
- To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt.
2 . Search [ v. t.]
- To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.
- To inquire after; to look for; to seek.
- To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound.
- To examine; to try; to put to the test.
- The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination.

Meaning of 'search' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . search [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an investigation seeking answers
Example in sentence:
  • a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing;
  • the outcome justified the search
Meaning (2):
- the examination of alternative hypotheses
Example in sentence:
  • his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful
Meaning (3):
- boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
Example in sentence:
  • right of search
Meaning (4):
- an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
Example in sentence:
  • they wrote a program to do a table lookup
5 . search [ v]
Meaning (5):
- inquire into
Example in sentence:
  • He searched for information on his relatives on the web;
  • Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness;
  • the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project
Meaning (6):
- search or seek
Example in sentence:
  • Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!;
  • We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest
Meaning (7):
- try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
Example in sentence:
  • The police are searching for clues;
  • They are searching for the missing man in the entire county
Meaning (8):
- subject to a search
Example in sentence:
  • The police searched the suspect;
  • We searched the whole house for the missing keys