What does search mean?

Definitions for search
sɜrtʃsearch

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word search.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. search, hunt, huntingnoun

    the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

  2. searchnoun

    an investigation seeking answers

    "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"; "the outcome justified the search"

  3. search, lookupnoun

    an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property

    "they wrote a program to do a table lookup"

  4. searchnoun

    the examination of alternative hypotheses

    "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"

  5. searchverb

    boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas

    "right of search"

  6. search, seek, look forverb

    try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

    "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"

  7. search, lookverb

    search or seek

    "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"

  8. research, search, exploreverb

    inquire into

    "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"

  9. searchverb

    subject to a search

    "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"

Wiktionary

  1. searchnoun

    An attempt to find something.

    With only five minutes until we were meant to leave, the search for the keys started in earnest.

  2. searchnoun

    The act of searching in general.

    Search is a hard problem for computers to solve efficiently

  3. searchverb

    To look in (a place) for something.

    I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.

  4. searchverb

    To look thoroughly.

    The police are searching for evidence in his flat.

  5. searchverb

    To look for, seek.

  6. searchverb

    To probe or examine (a wound).

  7. Etymology: From serchen, from sercher, cerchier, from circare.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Searchnoun

    Etymology: from the verb.

    The orb he roam’d
    With narrow search, and with inspection deep. John Milton.

    His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them they are not worth the search. William Shakespeare.

    Who great in search of God and nature grow,
    They best the wise Creator’s praise declare. Dryden.

    Now mourn thy fatal search;
    It is not safe to have too quick a sense. Dryden.

    The mind sets itself on work in search of some hidden idea, and turns the eye of the soul upon it. John Locke.

    By the philosophical use of words, I mean such an use as conveys the precise notions of things, which the mind may be satisfied with in its search after knowledge. John Locke.

    The parents, after a long search for the boy, gave him for drowned in a canal. Addison.

    This common practice carries the heart aside from all that is honest in our search after truth. Isaac Watts.

    If zealous love should go in search of virtue,
    Where should he find it purer than in Blanch? William Shakespeare.

    Stay him from his intendment, or brook such disgrace well as he shall run into; in that it is a thing of his own search, and altogether against my will. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

    Nor did my search of liberty begin,
    ’Till my black hairs were chang’d upon my chin. Dryden.

  2. To SEARCHverb

    Etymology: chercher, French.

    Help to search my house this one time: if I find not what I seek, let me for ever be your table sport. William Shakespeare.

    They returned from searching of the land. Num. xiii. 25.

    Through the void immense
    To search with wand’ring quest a place foretold. John Milton.

    Now clear I understand
    What oft my steddiest thoughts have search’d in vain. John Milton.

    Enough is left besides to search and know. John Milton.

    Draw up some valuable meditations from the depths of the earth, and search them through the vast ocean. Isaac Watts.

    Alas, poor shepherd! searching of thy wound,
    I have, by hard adventure, found my own. William Shakespeare.

    With this good sword,
    That ran through Cæsar’s bowels, search this bosom. William Shakespeare.

    For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. Judg. v. 16.

    The signs of wounds penetrating are discovered by the proportion of the searching candle, or probe which enters into the cavity. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

    Who went before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in? Deutr. i. 33.

    They may sometimes be successful to search out truth. Isaac Watts.

  3. To Searchverb

    Satisfy me once more; once more search with me. William Shakespeare.

    To ask or search I blame thee not. John Milton.

    Those who seriously search after or maintain truth, should study to deliver themselves without obscurity or equivocation. John Locke.

    It suffices that they have once with care sifted the matter, and searched into all the particulars that could give any light to the question. John Locke.

    With piercing eye some search where nature plays,
    And trace the wanton through her darksome maze. Thomas Tickell.

    Your husband’s coming, woman, to search for a gentleman that is here now in the house. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

    We in vain search for that constitution within a fly, upon which depend those powers we observe in them. John Locke.

Wikipedia

  1. SEARCH

    Abhay Bang and Rani Bang are Indian activists and community health researchers working in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, India. Together, they have overseen a programme that has substantially reduced infant mortality rates, one which has been endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF and is now being rolled out across India and in parts of Africa. Abhay and Rani Bang also founded the non-profit Society For Education, Action and Research in Community Health (SEARCH), which is involved in rural health service and research. They won the Maharashtra Bhushan Award, and have been awarded honorary doctorates from the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences at Lucknow. SNDT Women's University, Mumbai has also awarded honoris causa to Rani Bang. The Lancet described the couple as "the pioneers of health care in rural India". Abhay and Rani Bang were the first recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. They were also inducted into the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars, for their leadership in community-based health care that is helping to save the lives of millions of newborns and children. During their careers, the Bangs have helped foster a renaissance in community-based primary health care. In 2016, Johns Hopkins University conferred the Distinguished Alumni Award upon them.

ChatGPT

  1. search

    Search refers to the act of seeking or looking for information, objects, or answers by examining various sources or exploring a particular area or platform. It involves conducting an inquiry, investigation, or exploration to find specific desired results or relevant content.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Searchverb

    to look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city

  2. Searchverb

    to inquire after; to look for; to seek

  3. Searchverb

    to examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound

  4. Searchverb

    to examine; to try; to put to the test

  5. Searchverb

    to seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt

  6. Searchverb

    the act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination

Wikidata

  1. Search

    Search is an American science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET, from September 1972 to August 1973. It ran for 23 episodes, not including the two-hour pilot film originally titled Probe. When picked up for series production, the title had to be changed because Probe was the name of an existing PBS series. In the UK the series aired on BBC 1 under the title Search Control. The show was created by Leslie Stevens, and produced by Leslie Stevens, Robert Justman, John Strong and Tony Spinner. The high concept was described as "science fiction in today's world" and the episodes featured many high-tech elements which are considered common in current science fiction shows.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Search

    sėrch, v.t. to look round to find: to seek; to examine: to inspect: to explore: to put to the test: to probe.—v.i. to seek for: to make inquiry.—n. the act of seeking or looking for: examination: inquiry: investigation: pursuit.—adj. Search′able, capable of being searched.—ns. Search′ableness, the state or quality of being searchable; Search′er, a seeker: an inquirer or examiner: a custom-house officer: an officer who formerly apprehended idlers on the street during church hours in Scotland: a sieve or strainer.—adj. Search′ing, looking over closely: penetrating: trying: severe.—adv. Search′ingly.—n. Search′ingness, the quality of being searching, penetrating, or severe.—adj. Search′less, unsearchable.—ns. Search′-light, an electric arc-light used on board ship and in military operations; Search′-warr′ant, a legal warrant authorising a search for stolen goods, &c.—Right of search, the right claimed by one nation to authorise the commanders of their cruisers to search private merchant-vessels for articles contraband of war. [O. Fr. cercher (Fr. chercher)—L. circāre, to go about—circus, a circle.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. search

    1. An operation to locate an enemy force known or believed to be at sea. 2. A systematic reconnaissance of a defined area, so that all parts of the area have passed within visibility. 3. To distribute gunfire over an area in depth by successive changes in gun elevation.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. search

    If the act of submitting to search is to subject neutral vessels to confiscation by the enemy, the parties must look to that enemy whose the injustice is for redress, but they are not to shelter themselves by committing a fraud upon the undoubted rights of the other country.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SEARCH

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Search is ranked #34223 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Search surname appeared 663 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Search.

    96% or 637 total occurrences were White.
    1.6% or 11 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.7% or 5 total occurrences were Black.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'search' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2021

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'search' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4145

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'search' in Nouns Frequency: #838

  4. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'search' in Verbs Frequency: #454

Anagrams for search »

  1. achers

  2. Arches

  3. arches

  4. casher

  5. chaser

  6. eschar

  7. recash

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of search in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of search in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of search in a Sentence

  1. Vetta Sanders Thompson:

    Individuals with a usual source of care and a relationship with a physician may have fewer questions and concerns and we know that they have less uncertainty about the vaccine, they may be less likely to search for additional information.

  2. Bob Bauer:

    Under DOJ’s standard procedures, in the interests of operational security and integrity, it sought to do this work without advance public notice, and we agreed to cooperate, the search today is a further step in a thorough and timely DOJ process we will continue to fully support and facilitate. We will have further information at the conclusion of today’s search.

  3. Barnegat Mayor Jon Novak:

    Arthur Buckel is going to be found. Arthur Buckel is going to be apprehended, my suggestion to you( Arthur Buckel) is to surrender to law enforcement immediately. Make it easy for everyone, including yourself. You are going to be apprehended either way. Surrender Arthur Buckel. NJ.com reported that authorities have chased down at least 50 dead ends in the search. Sgt. Jeffrey Ryan said in a press conference that officials are investigating every call from residents. Ryan said that Arthur Buckel could be holed up anywhere from a boat to a vacant home. Ryan said at a midnight press conference that there was a possibility that Arthur Buckel is.

  4. Fox Cahn:

    Once police have probable cause, and issue a specific individual a warrant, then that person is at risk from nearly all the apps on their phone that collect location and health data, at that point, there's a much broader list of concerns : Google location data, their search histories, their Apple health data, their device backups in iCloud if they use an iPhone or their Android device backup.

  5. George Will:

    This is an age in which one cannot find common sense without a search warrant.

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