Synonyms: search
Definition: an investigation seeking answers
Usage: a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing; the outcome justified the search
Similar words: investigating, investigation
Definition: the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
Synonyms: search
Definition: boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
Usage: right of search
Similar words: examination, scrutiny
Definition: the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
Synonyms: search, hunt, hunting
Definition: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
Similar words: activity
Definition: any specific behavior
Usage: they avoided all recreational activity
Synonyms: search
Definition: the examination of alternative hypotheses
Usage: his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful
Similar words: higher cognitive process
Definition: cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use
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
Similar words: operation
Definition: (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
Usage: it can perform millions of operations per second
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: investigate, look into
Definition: investigate scientifically
Usage: Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese
Synonyms: search
Definition: subject to a search
Usage: The police searched the suspect; We searched the whole house for the missing keys
Definition: observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
Usage: The customs agent examined the baggage; I must see your passport before you can enter the country
Definition: search or seek
Usage: We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest; Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!
Definition: observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
Usage: The customs agent examined the baggage; I must see your passport before you can enter the country