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Complete Definition of "search"

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Etymology
From OF. cerchier, from L. circare.

Pronunciation
AHD|sûrch, IPA|/sɜː(r)tʃ/, SAMPA|/s3:(r)tS/
audio|en-us-search.ogg|Audio (US)

Verb
en-verb|search|es

  1. transitive To look throughout (a place) for something. To try and find something.

#: I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.

  1. intransitive (followed by "for") To look thoroughly.

#: The police are searching for evidence in his flat.

Synonyms
(transitive: look throughout (a place) for something): comb, scour
(intransitive: look thoroughly): look for, comb, scour

Derived terms
searcher
stop and search

Translations
trans-top|look throughout (a place) for something
Catalan: cercar, buscar
Czech: prohledat
Dutch: doorzoeken
Esperanto: t+|eo|serĉi|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|etsiä, t+|fi|hakea
German: durchsuchen, absuchen
Gujarati: શોધવું, ખોળવું
Hebrew: he-translation|לחפש|lekhapés
Italian: t+|it|cercare
Japanese: 探し回る (さがしまわる, sagashimawaru)
Korean: 찾다 (chatda)
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Lithuanian: ieškoti
Norwegian: lete
Persian: FAchar|جستجو (jostojoo)
Portuguese: t+|pt|procurar, t+|pt|buscar
Romanian: t+|ro|căuta
Romansch: tschertgar
Russian: искать (iskát')
Swedish: söka, leta
Slovene: iskati
Telugu: t|te|వెతుకు|sc=Telu
Turkish: t+|tr|aramak
Vietnamse: tìm
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trans-top|look thoroughly for
Arabic: ARchar|بحث IPAchar|(báħaθa)
Catalan: buscar, cercar, investigar
CJKV Characters: 覓, 觅
Chinese: 搜查 (sōuchá), 搜寻 (sōuxún)
Czech: t+|cs|hledat
Dutch: zoeken, doorzoeken, uitkammen
Esperanto: traserĉi
Estonian: otsima
Finnish: t+|fi|etsiä, t+|fi|hakea
French: t+|fr|chercher
German: t+|de|suchen, t-|de|durchkämmen
Gujarati: શોધ
Hebrew: he-translation|לחפש|lekhapés
Hungarian: t+|hu|keres
Ido: serchar
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Italian: t+|it|cercare
Japanese: 探す (さがす, sagasu)
Korean: 찾다 (chatda)
Norwegian: lete
Persian: FAchar|جستجو کردن (jostojoo kardan)
Polish: t+|pl|szukać
Portuguese: t+|pt|buscar
Romanian: t+|ro|căuta
Romansch: tschertgar
Russian: искать (iskát'), обыскивать (obýskivat'), обшаривать (obšárivat')
Slovene: iskati
Spanish: t+|es|buscar
Swedish: söka
Telugu: t|te|అన్వేషణ|scTelu (anvEshANa), t|te|వెతుకు|scTelu (vetuku)
Turkish: t+|tr|aramak
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Noun
en-noun|es

  1. An act of searching.
  2. computing An act of searching for information using a search engine or searching a database, form, table of values and or other applicable items.

Derived terms
searcher
binary search
breadth-first search
depth-first search
global search and replace
search and replace
search engine
search light
search party
search warrant

Translations
trans-top|act of searching
Catalan: recerca
Dutch: zoektocht f, doorzoeking f, opzoeking f
Catalan: recerca
Danish: Søgning
Esperanto: serĉado
Estonian: otsing
Finnish: t-|fi|haku
German: t+|de|Suche|f
Gujarati: શોધ
Hebrew: he-translation|חיפוש|khipús|wv=חִיפּוּשׂ m
Italian: t+|it|ricerca|f
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Norwegian: søk n
Persian: FAchar|جستجو (jost-o-joo)
Portuguese: t+|pt|busca|f
Romanian: t-|ro|căutare|f, t+|ro|cercetare|f
Slovene: iskanje n
Spanish: t-|es|búsqueda|f
Swedish: sökande n
Telugu: t|te|వెతుకు|sc=Telu
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trans-top|act of searching using a search engine
Catalan: recerca
Dutch: opzoeking f
German: t+|de|Suche|f
Hebrew: he-translation|חיפוש|khipús|wv=חִיפּוּשׂ m
Japanese: 検索 (kensaku)
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Norwegian: søk n
Slovene: iskanje n
Swedish: sökning c
Telugu: t|te|అన్వేషణ|sc=Telu
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Translations to be checked

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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|بحث, ARchar|يبحث
ttbc|Aragonese: rechirar
ttbc|Asturian: buscar
ttbc|Chinese: 搜索 (sōusuǒ)
ttbc|Esperanto: serĉado

Related terms
research

See also
google
look
search engine

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it:search
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lt:search
hu:search
ru:search
simple:search
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vi:search
uk:search

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