to search
∞
1.0
- verb
- /sɜːrtʃ/
:
buscar
- Jake, the police are searching for you
- search the Internet
- search a database
- search a site
Even dying males continued to search out interested mates.
- Even dying males continued to search out interested mates.
- What if people stop going to Google to search, right?
- Do not attempt to search for missing stains.
- I'm going to binary search on the height.
- If it can be searched, I have to search.
Examples
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To ensure freedom to operate, a target company must search the patent literature.
Academic text (2011) -
You gave me something people search for their whole lives.
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What if people stop going to Google to search, right?
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We ought to search the building.
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"Now, then: can you ask the computer to search for, let us say, three hundred animals?"
Fiction book (1990) -
OK so we just need to search for like old brands.
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For example, say a user is searching for exchange rate euro dollar.
Academic text (2011) -
An advanced UAV will be able to search for and identify a person of interest.
Academic text (2011) -
Hungry, I climbed on the rough cupboards and searched the shelves for something to eat.
Fiction book (1990) -
The police are working tirelessly to search for clues in the missing person's case.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To try to find someone or something
∞
1.0
To try to find something or someone
∞
2.8
To look carefully at something to find facts
∞
1.0
Try to find or get something you want
573
2.8
Examine something carefully to find out more
471
2.3
To study something carefully to learn more about it
357
1.4
To find information about something in a book, list, or online
300
3.1
To study a subject carefully to find new facts
212
3.3
To search for someone or something until you find them
190
1.2
To look carefully for something or someone
148
3.9
Search for and find someone or something after a lot of effort
137
3.9
Find the real reason for a problem by checking carefully
122
3.0
Look for and find a person or thing, often with effort
77
3.3
To go ahead and explore a place to find something or information
66
3.3
To search a place very carefully to find something
61
3.7
To look carefully through information to find what is important
61
4.7
To look deeply into a subject to find information
57
5.1
To search a place carefully to find someone or something
47
3.4
Watching carefully to find someone or something
43
4.4
Search carefully to find hidden facts or details
35
5.1
To ask careful questions to find hidden information
15
6.2
To search carefully for a long time to find hidden information
13
6.7
To search carefully to find hidden facts or documents
8
3.0
To look for information or a solution to a problem
6
7.1
To feel with your hands to find something in the dark
4
4.6
To search carefully through a large area or collection
3
7.2
To look around or think hard to find something you need
1
3.9
To search everywhere for something that is lost
1
5.6
To look in a worried way for an idea or solution
To search carefully through things in a small place like a bag or box
To find something after a careful search
Find something after searching carefully
To search through a place or container in a messy way
To look for something, often in books or old records
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To try to find something that is hidden among many things
Phrasal Verbs
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 originally meant 'to go around' from an old Latin word circāre, which is related to circle. That's why to search is to look carefully in many places for someone or something.