search

noun

1
an investigation seeking answers
a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing
the outcome justified the search
2
boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
right of search
3
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
4
the examination of alternative hypotheses
his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful
5
an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
they wrote a program to do a table lookup

1
inquire into
the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project
He searched for information on his relatives on the web
2
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
The police are searching for clues
They are searching for the missing man in the entire county
3
subject to a search
The police searched the suspect
We searched the whole house for the missing keys
4
search or seek
We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest
Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!

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