search

search[ sə:tʃ ]

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

    同义词：hunthunting

  • an investigation seeking answers

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

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

    同义词：lookup

  • the examination of alternative hypotheses

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

  • boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas

    "right of search"

• v.
  • 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"

    同义词：seeklook for

  • search or seek

    同义词：look

  • 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"

    同义词：researchexplore

  • subject to a search

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