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Meaning of 'search'
Meaning of 'search' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Search 
[ v. i.]
- To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry,
exploration, or examination; to hunt. [ v. i.]2. Search [ v. t.]
- To look over or through, for the purpose of finding
something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city. [ v. t.]- 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]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- an investigation seeking answers
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
2. search [ v]
[ v]Meaning (5):
- try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
- 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 (6):
- subject to a search
- subject to a search
Example in sentence:
- The police searched the suspect;
- We searched the whole house for the missing keys
Meaning (7):
- inquire into
- 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 (8):
- search or seek
- search or seek
Example in sentence:
- Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!;
- We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest
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