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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Related terms 1.6 See also

[ English

[ Etymology

From Old French cerchier, from Latin circare.

[ Pronunciation

• enPR: sûrch, IPA: /sɜː(r)tʃ/, SAMPA: /s3:(r)tS/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɜː(r)tʃ

[ Verb

Infinitive to search

Third person singular searches

Simple past searched

Past participle searched

Present participle searching

to search (third-person singular simple present searches, present participle searching, simple past and past participle searched)

1. (transitive) To look throughout (a place) for something. To try and find something.

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

2. (intransitive) (followed by "for") To look thoroughly.

   The police are searching for evidence in his flat.

[ Synonyms

• (transitive: look throughout (a place) for something): comb, scour
• (intransitive: look thoroughly): look for, comb, scour

[ Derived terms

• searcher
• stop and search

[ Translations

look throughout (a place) for something

Catalan: cercar, buscar Czech: prohledat Dutch: doorzoeken Esperanto: serĉi eo(eo) Finnish: etsiä fi(fi), hakea fi(fi) German: durchsuchen, absuchen Gujarati: શોધવું, ખોળવું Hebrew: לחפש (he) (lekhapés) Italian: cercare it(it) Japanese: 探し回る (さがしまわる, sagashimawaru) Korean: 찾다 (chatda) Lithuanian: ieškoti lt(lt)

Norwegian: lete no(no) Persian: جستجو (jostojoo) Portuguese: procurar pt(pt), buscar pt(pt) Romanian: căuta ro(ro) Romansch: tschertgar Russian: искать ru(ru) (iskát') Slovene: iskati sl(sl) Swedish: söka sv(sv), leta sv(sv) Telugu: వెతుకు te(te) Turkish: aramak tr(tr) Vietnamse: tìm

look thoroughly for

Arabic: بحث (báħaθa) CJKV Characters: 覓, 觅 Catalan: buscar, cercar, investigar Chinese: 搜查 (sōuchá), 搜寻 (sōuxún) Czech: hledat cs(cs) Dutch: zoeken, doorzoeken, uitkammen Esperanto: traserĉi Estonian: otsima et(et) Finnish: etsiä fi(fi), hakea fi(fi) French: chercher fr(fr) German: suchen de(de), durchkämmen de(de) Gujarati: શોધ Hebrew: לחפש (he) (lekhapés) Hungarian: keres hu(hu) Ido: serchar

Italian: cercare it(it) Japanese: 探す (さがす, sagasu) Korean: 찾다 (chatda) Norwegian: lete Persian: جستجو کردن (jostojoo kardan) Polish: szukać pl(pl) Portuguese: buscar pt(pt) Romanian: căuta ro(ro) Romansch: tschertgar Russian: искать (iskát'), обыскивать (obýskivat'), обшаривать (obšárivat') Slovene: iskati Spanish: buscar es(es) Swedish: söka sv(sv) Telugu: అన్వేషణ te(te) (anvEshANa), వెతుకు te(te) (vetuku) Turkish: aramak tr(tr)

[ Noun

Singular search

Plural searches

search (plural searches)

1. An act of searching.
2. (computing) An act of searching for information using a search engine or searching a database, form, table of values and or other applicable items.

[ Derived terms

• searcher
• binary search
• breadth-first search
• depth-first search
• global search and replace
• search and replace
• search engine
• search light
• search party
• search warrant

[ Translations

act of searching

Catalan: recerca Danish: Søgning Dutch: zoektocht f., doorzoeking f., opzoeking f. Esperanto: serĉado Estonian: otsing Finnish: haku fi(fi) German: Suche de(de) f. Gujarati: શોધ Hebrew: חִיפּוּשׂ (he) (khipús) m.

Italian: ricerca it(it) f. Norwegian: søk no(no) n. Persian: جستجو (jost-o-joo) Portuguese: busca pt(pt) f. Romanian: căutare ro(ro) f., cercetare ro(ro) f. Slovene: iskanje n. Spanish: búsqueda es(es) f. Swedish: sökande n. Telugu: వెతుకు te(te)

act of searching using a search engine

Catalan: recerca Dutch: opzoeking f. German: Suche de(de) f. Hebrew: חִיפּוּשׂ (he) (khipús) m. Japanese: 検索 (kensaku)

Norwegian: søk no(no) n. Slovene: iskanje n. Swedish: sökning sv(sv) c. Telugu: అన్వేషణ te(te)

• Arabic: بحث, يبحث
• Aragonese: rechirar
• Asturian: buscar
• Chinese: 搜索 (sōusuǒ)
• Esperanto: serĉado

[ Related terms

• research

[ See also

• google
• look
• search engine