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  • Definition
    • search :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

    • search :an investigation seeking answers
      • a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing|the outcome justified the search

    • search :search or seek
      • We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest|Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!

    • 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

    • search :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|Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness

    • search :the examination of alternative hypotheses
      • his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful

    • search :subject to a search
      • The police searched the suspect|We searched the whole house for the missing keys

    • search :boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
      • right of search

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