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01
the process of looking for something or someone by carefully examining or investigating an area, object, or person
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
searches
02
an investigation seeking answers
03
boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
04
the examination of alternative hypotheses
05
an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
to search
01
to try to find something or someone by carefully looking or investigating
Transitive: to search an area
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
search
3rd person singular
searches
Present participle
searching
Past simple
searched
Past participle
searched
Examples
The detectives searched the area for evidence, meticulously examining every detail for clues.
02
to look closely at something or someone in order to find something
Intransitive: to search for sth
Examples
She searched through the old documents to find the relevant information.
03
to search for information or content on the Internet using a search engine or other tools
Intransitive: to search for information or content
Transitive: to search the web or online resources for information
Examples
I need to search the web for information about that topic.
04
to inspect someone thoroughly to find hidden items
Transitive: to search sb
Examples
The security guard searched the passenger for any prohibited items.
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