| VERB | contact | search, seek, look for | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of |
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| perception | search, look | search or seek | |
| cognition | search, research, explore | inquire into | |
| contact | search | subject to a search | |
| NOUN | act | search, hunt, hunting | the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone |
| act | search | an investigation seeking answers | |
| process | search, lookup | an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property | |
| cognition | search | the examination of alternative hypotheses | |
| act | search | boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas |
| Sounds | ser'ch | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | birch ... research: 7 rhymes with erch... | |
| Meaning | The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone. | |
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| Synonyms | hunt, hunting | |
| Narrower | exploration | A careful systematic search |
| foraging, forage | The act of searching for food and provisions / provisions | |
| frisk, frisking | The act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs | |
| looking, looking for | The act of searching / searching visually | |
| manhunt | An organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime) | |
| quest, seeking | The act of searching / searching for something | |
| ransacking, rummage | A thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion) | |
| scouring | Moving over territory to search / search for something | |
| shakedown | A very thorough search of a person or a place | |
| Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
| Spanish | busca, búsqueda, cacheo | |
| Catalan | cerca, recerca | |
| Verbs | search | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of |
| search | search or seek | |
| Meaning | An investigation seeking answers. | |
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| Examples |
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| Broader | investigation, investigating | The work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically |
| Spanish | búsqueda | |
| Verbs | search | inquire into |
| Meaning | An operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property. | |
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| Synonym | lookup | |
| Broader | operation | (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction) |
| Spanish | búsqueda | |
| Catalan | recerca | |
| Meaning | The examination of alternative hypotheses. | |
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| Example | "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful" | |
| Narrower | hunt | An instance of searching for something |
| pursuit, pursuance, quest | A search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | |
| Broader | higher cognitive process | cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use |
| Spanish | búsqueda | |
| Catalan | recerca | |
| Meaning | boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas. | |
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| Example | "right of search" | |
| Broader | examination, scrutiny | The act of examining something closely (as for mistakes / mistakes) |
| Verbs | search | subject to a search |
| Meaning | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot search Sue; The banks search the check; They search the water | |
| Examples |
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| Synonyms | seek, look for | |
| Narrower | browse, surf | look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular |
| divine | search by divining, as if with a rod | |
| dredge, drag | search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost | |
| feel | grope or feel in search of something | |
| finger | search for on the computer | |
| fish, angle | seek indirectly | |
| gather | look for (food) in nature | |
| grope, fumble | Feel about uncertainly or blindly | |
| grub | search about busily | |
| hunt | seek, search for | |
| leave no stone unturned | search thoroughly and exhaustively | |
| quest for, go after, quest after, pursue | go in search / search / search of or hunt for | |
| scour | Examine minutely | |
| seek out | look for a specific person or thing | |
| shop, browse | shop around | |
| want | hunt or look for | |
| Spanish | buscar, explorar, procurar, registrar | |
| Catalan | buscar, cercar, escorcollar, registrar | |
| Nouns | search | the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone |
| searcher | someone making a search / search / search / search / search or inquiry | |
| searcher | a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items | |
| Meaning | Search or seek. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | The men search the area for animals; The men search for animals in the area | |
| Synonym | look | |
| Entailed by | rout up, rout out | Get or find by searching |
| Narrower | cruise | look for a sexual partner in a public place |
| hunt | search (an area) for prey | |
| intrude, horn in, pry, nose, poke | Search or inquire in a meddlesome way | |
| prospect | Search for something desirable | |
| Broader | examine, see | observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect |
| Spanish | buscar, escudriñar, examinar, mirar, registrar, sondear buscando | |
| Catalan | buscar, cercar, escorcollar, mirar, perquirir, registrar | |
| Nouns | search | the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone |
| searcher | someone making a search / search / search / search / search or inquiry | |
| searcher | a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items | |
| Meaning | inquire into. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Synonyms | research, explore | |
| Narrower | cast about, beat about, cast around | search anxiously |
| Search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine | ||
| mapquest | Search for a location and directions by means of the MapQuest program | |
| prospect | explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals | |
| re-explore | explore / explore anew | |
| Broader | investigate, look into | investigate scientifically |
| Spanish | averiguar, buscar, explorar, indagar, inquirir, investigar | |
| Catalan | buscar, cercar, esbrinar, explorar, indagar, inquirir, perquirir | |
| Nouns | search | an investigation seeking answers |
| searcher | someone making a search / search / search / search / search or inquiry | |
| Meaning | subject to a search. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to search the prisoners | |
| Examples |
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| Narrower | comb, ransack | search thoroughly |
| frisk | search as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets | |
| raid | search for something needed or desired | |
| rifle, go | Go through in search of something | |
| rummage | search haphazardly | |
| scan | make a wide, sweeping search of | |
| strip-search | search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes | |
| Broader | examine, see | observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect |
| Spanish | buscar, registrar | |
| Catalan | buscar, registrar | |
| Nouns | search | boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas |
| searcher | someone making a search / search / search / search / search or inquiry | |
| searcher | a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items | |
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