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Etymology
From OF. cerchier, from L. circare.
Pronunciation
AHD|sûrch, IPA|/sÉË(r)tÊ/, SAMPA|/s3:(r)tS/
audio|en-us-search.ogg|Audio (US)
Verb
en-verb|search|es
- 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.
- 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|serÄi|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|etsiä, t+|fi|hakea
German: durchsuchen, absuchen
Gujarati: શà«àª§àªµà«àª, àªà«àª³àªµà«àª
Hebrew: he-translation|××פש|lekhapés
Italian: t+|it|cercare
Japanese: æ¢ãåã (ãããã¾ãã, sagashimawaru)
Korean: ì°¾ë¤ (chatda)
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Lithuanian: ieškoti
Norwegian: lete
Persian: FAchar|جستج٠(jostojoo)
Portuguese: t+|pt|procurar, t+|pt|buscar
Romanian: t+|ro|cÄuta
Romansch: tschertgar
Russian: иÑкаÑÑ (iskát')
Swedish: söka, leta
Slovene: iskati
Telugu: t|te|à°µà±à°¤à±à°à±|sc=Telu
Turkish: t+|tr|aramak
Vietnamse: tìm
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trans-top|look thoroughly for
Arabic: ARchar|Ø¨ØØ« IPAchar|(báħaθa)
Catalan: buscar, cercar, investigar
CJKV Characters: è¦, è§
Chinese: ææ¥ (sÅuchá), æå¯» (sÅuxún)
Czech: t+|cs|hledat
Dutch: zoeken, doorzoeken, uitkammen
Esperanto: traserÄi
Estonian: otsima
Finnish: t+|fi|etsiä, t+|fi|hakea
French: t+|fr|chercher
German: t+|de|suchen, t-|de|durchkämmen
Gujarati: શà«àª§
Hebrew: he-translation|××פש|lekhapés
Hungarian: t+|hu|keres
Ido: serchar
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Italian: t+|it|cercare
Japanese: æ¢ã (ããã, sagasu)
Korean: ì°¾ë¤ (chatda)
Norwegian: lete
Persian: FAchar|جستج٠کرد٠(jostojoo kardan)
Polish: t+|pl|szukaÄ
Portuguese: t+|pt|buscar
Romanian: t+|ro|cÄuta
Romansch: tschertgar
Russian: иÑкаÑÑ (iskát'), обÑÑкиваÑÑ (obýskivat'), обÑаÑиваÑÑ (obšárivat')
Slovene: iskati
Spanish: t+|es|buscar
Swedish: söka
Telugu: t|te|à°
à°¨à±à°µà±à°·à°£|scTelu (anvEshANa), t|te|à°µà±à°¤à±à°à±|scTelu (vetuku)
Turkish: t+|tr|aramak
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Noun
en-noun|es
- An act of searching.
- 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: serÄado
Estonian: otsing
Finnish: t-|fi|haku
German: t+|de|Suche|f
Gujarati: શà«àª§
Hebrew: he-translation|××פ×ש|khipús|wv=×Ö´×פּ×Ö¼×©× m
Italian: t+|it|ricerca|f
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Norwegian: søk n
Persian: FAchar|جستج٠(jost-o-joo)
Portuguese: t+|pt|busca|f
Romanian: t-|ro|cÄutare|f, t+|ro|cercetare|f
Slovene: iskanje n
Spanish: t-|es|búsqueda|f
Swedish: sökande n
Telugu: t|te|à°µà±à°¤à±à°à±|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|××פ×ש|khipús|wv=×Ö´×פּ×Ö¼×©× m
Japanese: æ¤ç´¢ (kensaku)
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Norwegian: søk n
Slovene: iskanje n
Swedish: sökning c
Telugu: t|te|à°
à°¨à±à°µà±à°·à°£|sc=Telu
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|Ø¨ØØ«, ARchar|ÙØ¨ØØ«
ttbc|Aragonese: rechirar
ttbc|Asturian: buscar
ttbc|Chinese: æç´¢ (sÅusuÇ)
ttbc|Esperanto: serÄado
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