search
//sɜːt͡ʃ//
Forms
- Plural
- searches
- present (v1)
- search
- past (v2)
- searched
- past participle (v3)
- searched
- present participle
- searching
- 3rd person singular
- searches
Definitions
1.An attempt to find something.
- With only five minutes until we were meant to leave, the search for the keys started in earnest.
- At least eight people died, and officials expressed deep concerns that the toll would rise as more searches of homes were carried out.
2.The act of searching in general.
- Search is a hard problem for computers to solve efficiently.
1.To look in (a place) for something.
- I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.
2.To look thoroughly.
- The police are searching for evidence in his flat.
- It sufficeth that they have once with care and fairness sifted the matter as far as they could, and searched into all the particulars.
3.To put a phrase into a search engine, especially one besides Google.
- I searched "Paris Hilton" and found lots of unflattering stories.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1372
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.
Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.
Latin circus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō