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search¹
- /sɜːt͡ʃ/ UK
- /sɝt͡ʃ/ US
- /sɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃ/ dialectal, obsolete
- /sɛːrt͡ʃ/ Early Modern
- /sɛrt͡ʃ/ Early Modern
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)tʃ
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English serchen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sercher, Old French cerchier, from Late Latin circō, ,circāre (“to circle; go around; search for”), from circus. Unrelated to German suchen, which is cognate with English seek.
noun searches
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An attempt to find something.
With only five minutes until we were meant to leave, the search for the keys started in earnest.
Similar: sweep
- The act of searching in general. Search is a hard problem for computers to solve efficiently.
verb searches · searching · searched · search
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To look in (a place) for something.
I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.
Similar: comb
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To look thoroughly.
The police are searching for evidence in his flat.
Similar: look for
- To look for, seek. To search the God of loue, her Nymphes she sent / Throughout the wandring forrest euery where[…].
- To put a phrase into a search engine, especially one besides Google. I searched "Paris Hilton" and found lots of unflattering stories.
- To probe or examine (a wound). Now torne we to the xj kynges that retorned vnto a cyte that hyghte Sorhaute / the whiche cyte was within kynge Vryens / and ther they refresshed hem as wel as they myght / and made leches serche theyr woundys and sorowed gretely for the dethe of her peple
- To examine; to try; to put to the test.
Search²
Where it comes from
Variant of Surridge.
proper noun Searches
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: seek, look for, explore, lookup, research, look, hunting, hunt, seeking, seeker, quest, exploration, exploratory, exploring, finder, detect
Translations
Every language
noun an attempt to find something
| Español | búsqueda, esculco, rebusca, rebusco, campeada, busca |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 검색 geomsaek, 수색 susaek, 찾기 chatgi |
| 日本語 | 検索 kensaku, 捜索 sōsaku |
| 中文 | 搜索 sōusuǒ |
| हिन्दी | खोज khoj, जाँच jā̃c, तलाश talāś, जुस्तजू justajū |
| Português | busca |
| Français | recherche |
| Deutsch | Suche |
| Italiano | ricerca, cerca |
| Ελληνικά | αναζήτηση anazítisi |
| Русский | по́иск póisk, о́быск óbysk, ро́зыск rózysk |
| العربية | طَلَب ṭalab, بَحْث baḥṯ |
| עברית | חיפוש \ חִפּוּשׂ khipús |
verb to look throughout (a place) for something
| Español | rebuscar, allanar, registrar, esculcar, escurcar, campear |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 찾다 chatda |
| 日本語 | 探す sagasu, 捜す sagasu |
| 中文 | 搜索 sōusuǒ, 搜尋 /搜寻 sōuxún, 尋找 /寻找 xúnzhǎo, 尋覓 /寻觅 xúnmì, 尋求 /寻求 xúnqiú, 找 zhǎo |
| हिन्दी | खोजना khojnā, ढूँढना ḍhūṇḍhnā, ढूँढ़ना ḍhū̃ṛhnā, जुस्तजू करना justajū karnā |
| Português | buscar, procurar |
| Français | chercher, fouiller |
| Deutsch | suchen, absuchen, durchsuchen |
| Italiano | cercare |
| Ελληνικά | ψάχνω psáchno |
| Română | căuta |
| Русский | иска́ть iskátʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | tìm, tìm kiếm |
| العربية | بَحَثَ baḥaṯa, فَتَّشَ fattaša |
| עברית | חיפש \ חִפֵּשׂ khipés |
verb (followed by "for") to look thoroughly
| Español | buscar, sondear buscando |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 探す sagasu |
| हिन्दी | खोजना khojnā |
| Português | procurar |
| Français | chercher |
| Deutsch | suchen |
| Italiano | buscare, cercare |
| Ελληνικά | αναζητώ anazitó, ερευνώ erevnó |
| Русский | разы́скивать razýskivatʹ, разыска́ть razyskátʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | tìm kiếm, tìm |
| العربية | بَحَثَ عَنْ baḥaṯa ʕan |
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title = {search},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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