SEARCH
Scrabble letter values: S1E1A1R1C3H4 = 11
Definition
- noun the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone. — synonyms: hunt, hunting
- noun an investigation seeking answers.
- noun an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property. — synonyms: lookup
- noun the examination of alternative hypotheses.
- noun boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas.
- verb try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of. — synonyms: seek, look_for
- verb search or seek. — synonyms: look
- verb inquire into. — synonyms: research, explore
- verb subject to a search.
Examples
- “a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing”
- “the outcome justified the search”
- “they wrote a program to do a table lookup”