search
An attempt to find something.
Noun 2 meanings
An attempt to find something.
“With only five minutes until we were meant to leave, the search for the keys started in earnest.”
The act of searching in general.
“Search is a hard problem for computers to solve efficiently.”
Verb 3 meanings
To look in (a place) for something.
“I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.”
To look thoroughly.
“The police are searching for evidence in his flat.”
To put a phrase into a search engine, especially one besides Google.
“I searched "Paris Hilton" and found lots of unflattering stories.”
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English serchen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sercher, Old French cerchier, from Late Latin circō, ,circāre (“to circle; go around; search for”), from circus. Unrelated to German suchen, which is cognate with English seek.
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SEARCH at a glance
SEARCH has 6 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (S 1 + E 1 + A 1 + R 1 + C 3 + H 4) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,135 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with search
All rhymes- RESEARCH13
- MARCH12
- CHURCH16
- ARCH9
- PORCH12
- TORCH10
- MONARCH14
- BIRCH12
- PATRIARCH16
- STARCH11
- PERCH12
- MERCH12
One letter away
- STARCH11
- SEALCH11
- SEARCE8
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