Main entry: search
Definition: an investigation seeking answers
Usage: a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing; the outcome justified the search
Main entry: search
Definition: boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
Usage: right of search
Main entry: search, hunt, hunting
Definition: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
Main entry: search
Definition: the examination of alternative hypotheses
Usage: his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful
Definition: an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
Usage: they wrote a program to do a table lookup
Main entry: research, search, explore
Definition: inquire into
Usage: 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
Main entry: look for, search, seek
Definition: try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
Usage: The police are searching for clues; They are searching for the missing man in the entire county
Main entry: search
Definition: subject to a search
Usage: The police searched the suspect; We searched the whole house for the missing keys
Definition: search or seek
Usage: We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest; Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!