search mission
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3.7
- noun
:
misión de búsqueda
- So David described the search missions and the search patterns that were sailed or flown by the Coast Guard.
Examples
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A search mission was launched to find the missing hikers in the mountains.
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I'm the point man for a POW search mission.
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And publicity about the search mission has dovetailed in subtle ways with party propaganda.
Academic text (2006) -
The team coordinated their efforts for the search mission to locate the lost child quickly.
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After the storm, the coast guard began a search mission for any stranded boats.
Synonyms
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2.1
A careful search for something or someone
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2.6
A group of people who look for someone who is missing
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3.4
A planned effort to find and help people who are lost or in danger after an emergency
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6.8
A military trip to find out where the enemy is and what they are doing
How Intensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an organized operation to locate someone or something' is directly and transparently derivable from combining 'search' (an effort to locate) with 'mission' (an assigned organized task). This straightforward noun+noun composition follows normal English compounding and mirrors similar constructions in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The compound search mission combines search (people looking carefully) and mission (a planned job). Picture teams with maps, dogs or helicopters sent out to look for someone, and you see why it means 'an organized operation to find someone or something'.