search (noun)
1search — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 an attempt to find sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ exhaustive, extensive, painstaking, systematic, thorough ▪ major, massive, nationwide …
2search*/*/ — [sɜːtʃ] noun [C] I 1) an attempt to find something Despite a thorough search, they found no drugs on him.[/ex] The authorities carried out several air searches for survivors of the crash.[/ex] The police have conducted an extensive search of the… …
3search warrant — noun a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court; the warrant describes the locations where the officials may search (Freq. 1) • Topics: ↑law,… …
4search party — noun a party of people to search for someone • Hypernyms: ↑party, ↑company * * * noun, pl ⋯ parties [count] : an organized group of people who are looking for someone or something that is missing If the hikers don t return by tomorrow, a search… …
5search — I verb chase after, closely examine, comb, delve, examine, examine by inspection, explore, ferret, follow the trail of, go through, hunt, indagate, inquire into, inspect, investigate, look into, look over, look through, probe, pry into, pursue,… …
6search warrant — see warrant Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. search warrant …
7search engine — ˈsearch ˌengine noun [countable] COMPUTING a computer program that searches the Internet or a computer network for information, especially by looking for documents that contain particular words: • Around 2001, the Google search engine rose to… …
8search — ► VERB 1) try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly. 2) examine (a place, vehicle, or person) thoroughly in order to find something or someone. 3) (searching) investigating very deeply: searching questions. ►… …
9search engine — noun a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet) • Hypernyms: ↑program, ↑programme, ↑computer program, ↑computer programme • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Google,… …
10search firm — ➔ firm1 * * * search firm UK US noun [C] (also search company) ► HR a business that finds suitable people to do particular jobs in other companies: »We will employ a search firm only when we have exhausted our own supply of personal contacts. →… …