[
UK
/sˈɜːtʃ/
]
[ US /ˈsɝtʃ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɝtʃ/ ]
NOUN
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
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boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
right of search -
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 -
the examination of alternative hypotheses
his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful -
an investigation seeking answers
a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing
the outcome justified the search
VERB
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search or seek
We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest
Look elsewhere for the perfect gift! -
subject to a search
We searched the whole house for the missing keys
The police searched the suspect -
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 -
inquire into
Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness
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
How To Use search In A Sentence
- One can only guess at the research and detective work that has gone into the bald details recorded for each piece.
- Consumers get incredibly upset when dieticians and researchers backtrack on previous findings, proclaiming that products once deemed healthy are now in question.
- But decades of research have gone by and scientists remain incapable of creating a sustainable fusion reaction that could be used to create reliable power.
- Alcohol abuse can be inherited but researchers had found few genes directly linked to it. The Sun
- I pressed the search button to see what the words meant and what language they were.
- This research has done much to advance our understanding of language learning.
- In summary, the research to date provides few definitive guidelines for the clinician.
- The role enables the researcher to gain the confidence of the group that accepts her in her false role.
- The internet is an extremely valuable resource giving access to the latest research on pain management.
- Some research suggests, however, that the effects of aging are attenuated not by how much people receive from their community but by how much they contribute to it.
