search (noun)

  • 11search query — UK US noun [C] ► IT, INTERNET words that are typed into a search engine in order to get information from the internet: »When you start to type into the search box, predictive search query suggestions will appear for you to choose from …

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  • 12search directory — UK US noun [countable] [singular search directory plural search directories] computing a website that contains links to other websites, organized according to subject and in alphabetical order …

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  • 13search unemployment — ➔ unemployment * * * search unemployment UK US noun [U] ECONOMICS ► FRICTIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT(Cf. ↑frictional unemployment) …

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  • 14search company — UK US noun [C] HR ► SEARCH FIRM(Cf. ↑search firm) …

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  • 15search´|ing|ness — search|ing «SUR chihng», adjective. 1. examining carefully; thorough: »a searching investigation. 2. keenly observant; penetrating: »a searching gaze or look; ... the searching eye of heaven (Shakespeare). 3. piercing; …

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  • 16search´ing|ly — search|ing «SUR chihng», adjective. 1. examining carefully; thorough: »a searching investigation. 2. keenly observant; penetrating: »a searching gaze or look; ... the searching eye of heaven (Shakespeare). 3. piercing; …

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  • 17search|ing — «SUR chihng», adjective. 1. examining carefully; thorough: »a searching investigation. 2. keenly observant; penetrating: »a searching gaze or look; ... the searching eye of heaven (Shakespeare). 3. piercing; …

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  • 18search warrant — noun A court order in the form of a warrant, authorizing the search of a home and/or other privacy protected place(s), notably to seek unlawful possessions, evidence etc. as part of a judicial inquiry Evidence found without a valid search warrant …

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  • 19search party — noun A group of people who search for someone or something lost. After their daughter went missing, her parents sent out a search party after her …

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  • 20search box — UK US noun [C or U] IT, INTERNET ► a rectangular space on a computer screen where you type words in order to look for them automatically in a document, on a website, etc.: »Go to the home page and click on the browse by subject link, just above… …

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