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searchable

searchable

9 2.8
Someone can find it by searching a computer or database
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɜːrʧəbl/
translation icon : buscable
  • A massive online collection of digitized books that are searchable at the click of a mouse.
  • searchable database
  • searchable archive
  • searchable websites

We can't have anything that's searchable and sortable by name.

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Examples

  • All are cross-indexed, searchable, and linked to relevant teaching resources.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The website provides a searchable database that allows users to find information quickly.

  • And then, but the problem is it's not really, it can be searchable, but it's not really searchable at like a Google level.

  • And it has also has a disk with a searchable index.

  • We put them into searchable databases.

  • A new interface is under construction, and the underlying database will be made searchable.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The database included searchable fields of industry, type of work (primary and secondary), expertise, degree, and location.

    Academic text (2018)
  • The results are then indexed and are immediately searchable in a full-text database environment.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Our goal was to create a system that is flexible, child-friendly, browsable, and searchable.

    Academic text (2013)
  • We scanned all of these paper documents, you know, hundreds of thousands of pieces of paper, scanned them into searchable PDFs and now we can search them.

Synonyms

discoverable
vssearchable
3 2.9

Something that can be found or learned

is able to be retrieved specifically through search in a database or computer
findable
vssearchable
1 2.8

Easy to discover when you search for it

is located by targeted searching, especially in computer systems or databases
locatable
vssearchable
1 4.2

Easy to find in a place or on a device

is found specifically by searching, often within a computer or database
trawlable
vssearchable
7.5

Where people can search carefully to find information

is searched specifically via databases or computer tools rather than broad methods

Antonyms

1 7.7

Not possible to look through to find information

How Searchable

findable
1 2.8
searchable
9 2.8
unsearchable
1 7.7

Surface Forms

searchable positive

Morphology

searchable = search (transparent) = search + able

Meaning is directly derived from 'search' + '-able': capable of being searched, which is straightforward for learners.

Etymology

Searchable comes from the word search and the ending -able, which means 'able to be'. The word search is also in research (where re- means 'again'), so searchable means 'able to be found by looking', especially by a computer or database.