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/sɜːt͡ʃ/ ► audio Scrabble 11 Words With Friends 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.

“With only five minutes until we were meant to leave, the search for the keys started in earnest.”
“Search is a hard problem for computers to solve efficiently.”
“I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.”