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1 English
1.1 Etymology
1.2 Pronunciation
1.3 Verb
1.3.1 Synonyms
1.3.2 Derived terms
1.3.3 Translations
1.4 Noun
1.4.1 Translations
1.5 Related terms
1.6 See also
1.7 Anagrams
[edit] English[edit] EtymologyFrom Old French cerchier, from Latin circare.
[edit] PronunciationenPR: sûrch, IPA: /sɜː(r)tʃ/, SAMPA: /s3:(r)tS/
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Rhymes: -ɜː(r)tʃ
[edit] VerbInfinitive
to search
Third person singular
searches
Simple past
searched
Past participle
searched
Present participle
searching
to search (third-person singular simple present searches, present participle searching, simple past and past participle searched)
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.
2.(intransitive) (followed by "for") To look thoroughly.
The police are searching for evidence in his flat.
3.(transitive, now rare) To look for, seek. [quotations ▼]
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vi: To search the God of loue, her Nymphes she sent / Throughout the wandring forrest euery where [...].
4.(transitive, obsolete) To probe or examine (a wound). [quotations ▼]
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I: ther they refresshed hem as wel as they myght, and made leches serche theyr woundys and sorowed gretely for the dethe of her peple [...].1588, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, II.3: Now to the bottome dost thou search my wound.
[edit] Synonyms(transitive: look throughout (a place) for something): comb, scour
(intransitive: look thoroughly): look for, seek, comb, scour
[edit] Derived terms[show ▼]terms derived from search (verb)global search and replacesearch and replace searcherstop and search
[edit] Translations[show ▼]to look throughout (a place) for something!Xóõ: !xáaBasque: bilatu eu(eu), xerkatu eu(eu)Czech: hledat cs(cs), prohledat cs(cs)Finnish: etsiä fi(fi), tutkia fi(fi)Hungarian: keres hu(hu) Romanian: căuta ro(ro)Russian: искать ru(ru) (iskát')Spanish: buscar es(es)
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masc. fem. neuter common gender plural
Transliteration: (e.g. ázbuka for азбука)Page name: (e.g. amo for amō)
Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang)
Script template: (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin)
Nesting: (e.g. Norwegian/Nynorsk)
[show ▼](followed by "for") to look thoroughlyArabic: دور ar(ar) (dáwwara)Czech: hledat cs(cs)Dutch: zoeken nl(nl)Esperanto: serĉi eo(eo)Finnish: etsiä fi(fi)French: chercher fr(fr)German: please add this translation if you canHungarian: nyomoz hu(hu) Italian: please add this translation if you canJapanese: please add this translation if you canKorean: please add this translation if you canLatin: quaerō la(la)Norwegian: lete no(no)Russian: разыскивать ru(ru) (razýskivat’), разыскать ru(ru) (razyskát’)Swedish: please add this translation if you can
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masc. fem. neuter common gender plural
Transliteration: (e.g. ázbuka for азбука)Page name: (e.g. amo for amō)
Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang)
Script template: (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin)
Nesting: (e.g. Norwegian/Nynorsk)
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[edit] NounSingular
search
Plural
searches
search (plural searches)
1.An attempt to find something.
With only five minutes until we were meant to leave, the search for the keys started in earnest.
2.The act of searching in general.
Search is a hard problem for computers to solve efficiently
[edit] Translations[show ▼]TranslationsArabic: طَلَب ar(ar) (ṭálab) m.Finnish: etsintä fi(fi)German: Suche de(de) f.Icelandic: leit is(is) Italian: cerca it(it) f.Portuguese: busca pt(pt)Spanish: búsqueda es(es) f.
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masc. fem. neuter common gender plural
Transliteration: (e.g. ázbuka for азбука)Page name: (e.g. amo for amō)
Qualifier: (e.g. literally, formally, slang)
Script template: (e.g. Cyrl for Cyrillic, Latn for Latin)
Nesting: (e.g. Norwegian/Nynorsk)
[edit] Related termsresearch
[edit] See alsogoogle
look
[edit] Anagramsachers, Arches, arches, casher, chaser, eschar