search
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- noun
- /sɜːrtʃ/
:
búsqueda
- But our search for life on Mars is a search for past life.
- search engine
- search results
- web search
You think in search of poverty, in search of wealth, isn't it?
- You think in search of poverty, in search of wealth, isn't it?
- And I'm feeling a sense of a search for clarity.
- So it'll be constant times for search and linear space.
- But the bigger picture for me is the search for truth.
- What is the search space for poker?
- And, and you know, I did a search for like the Bahamas, right?
Examples
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Her search for the perfect gift took her to several different stores.
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The articles included in this review were selected after a search of the published English-language medical literature.
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What are we in search of now?
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And they came in search of industrial employment.
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But the bigger picture for me is the search for truth.
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So let's now go in search of our software.
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I'll start the search immediately.
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The ships had no choice but to leave in search of ports that would accept their passengers.
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Nonetheless, Nike has long been in search of its basketball star.
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The first phase of this review was a search for the intervention studies in peer-reviewed journals.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
328
4.7
A long, determined search for something important, often with adventure
190
2.1
A careful search for something or someone
65
5.8
An organized police search for a person wanted for a crime
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2.2
Looking carefully to find something or someone
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3.4
A careful search to find information and solve a crime or mystery
7
4.1
An act of finding information in a list or database
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2.9
Trying to find or get something you want
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4.6
A careful search of a place to find something lost
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3.7
A planned activity to find a missing person or thing
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To try to find something that is hidden among many things
Compounds
- Formal
158
3.6
An official paper that lets police search a place for evidence or people
- Specialized
93
2.9
A computer program that finds web pages and information on the internet
- NSFW
10
6.1
To make someone take off their clothes so police can check for hidden weapons or drugs
A planned effort to find and help people who are lost or in danger after an emergency
- Archaic
2
8.9
A military operation where soldiers move through an area to find and attack enemy fighters
- Specialized
A system on a ship that finds and tracks planes in the sky around it
Right to stop police from searching you or taking your things without a good reason
- Formal
A practice where a country at war stops and searches neutral ships on the open sea
- Specialized
A set of commands used to find information in computers or databases
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Etymology
Search comes from an old word meaning 'to go around', and it shares the same root as circle. So a search is like looking 'around' many places until you find what you want.