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(1) To look for specific data in a file or an occurrence of text in a file. A search implies either scanning content sequentially or using algorithms to compare multiple indexes to find a match. A search on the Web yields a list of Web pages that contain all the words in the search criteria (see SERP). Contrast with a "direct lookup," whereby a single index is used to keep track of data. See search engine, desktop search, Boolean search and query.

(2) The field of search engine technologies. See search engine.

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To seek a particular sequence of characters by working through a file on the screen. It is a function of an editor, which is a computer program that enables the user to sit at a terminal or a keyboard, view the contents of a file, scroll , add material, or make other changes.

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verb

1. To try to find something: cast about, hunt, look, quest, seek. See seek/avoid.
2. To examine the person or personal effects of in order to find something lost or concealed: frisk, inspect. Slang shake down. See investigate.

noun

1. A thorough search of a place or persons: frisk. Slang shakedown. See investigate.
2. An attempting to accomplish or attain: pursuing, pursuit, quest. See seek/avoid.

Idioms beginning with search:
search me

In addition to the idiom beginning with search, also see high and low, search; in search of.

n

Definition: seeking to find something
Antonyms: finding

v

Definition: seek to find something
Antonyms: find

(DOD) 1. An operation to locate an enemy force known or believed to be at sea. 2. A systematic reconnaissance of a defined area, so that all parts of the area have passed within visibility. 3. To distribute gunfire over an area in depth by successive changes in gun elevation.

IN BRIEF: To look for.

Search others for virtues, thyself for thy vices. — Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American statesman.

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Searching for something in a dream often indicates the need to find something that is missing or needed in one's life. Finding it may mean the dreamer will recover something important.

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The organized employment of aircraft to find an objective, whose position is unknown or uncertain, or whose position is known but has not been located on the ETA (estimated/expected time of arrival). The common methods of aerial search are the square search, expanding search, and search along the route. See square search and expanding search.

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For a list of words related to search, see:

• Verbs of Sight - search: look over carefully for purpose of discovery; look for
• Reasoning and Examination - search: look into carefully in an effort to find something hidden; examine

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See words rhyming with "searcher."

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - søge, gennemsøge, eftersøge, ransage, visitere, efterforske
v. intr. - lede efter, søge
n. - eftersøgning, undersøgelse, gennemsøgning, søgen, leden, husundersøgelse, ransagelse, visitation

idioms:

• search engine    søgemaskine
• Search me    det aner jeg ikke, det må du ikke spørge mig om
• search out    opspore, finde, finde frem til
• search warrant    ransagningskendelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
zoeken, doorzoeken, fouilleren, huiszoeking, speurtocht, fouillering

Français (French)
v. tr. - fouiller, perquisitionner dans, chercher dans (la mémoire), examiner (attentivement), scruter, (Comput) rechercher dans
v. intr. - chercher, fouiller, fouiller dans, examiner (un dossier), (Comput) rechercher
n. - recherche, fouille, (Jur) perquisition, (Comput) recherche

idioms:

• search engine    moteur perpétuel
• Search me    aucune idée (excl), je n'en sais rien (excl)
• search out    découvrir
• search warrant    (Jur) mandat de perquisition

Deutsch (German)
n. - Suche, Durchsuchung
v. - suchen, erforschen, durchsuchen

idioms:

• search engine    Suchmaschine
• Search me    keine Ahnung
• search out    aufspüren
• search warrant    Durchsuchungsbefehl

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αναζήτηση, έρευνα, ψάξιμο
v. - αναζητώ, ερευνώ, ψάχνω

idioms:

• search engine    (Η/Υ) μηχανή/πρόγραμμα αναζήτησης
• Search me    μακάρι να ήξερα!
• search out    αναζητώ, ψάχνω, ξετρυπώνω
• search warrant    (νομ.) ένταλμα (κατ' οίκον) έρευνας

Italiano (Italian)
cercare, perquisire, ricerca, perquisizione

idioms:

• Search me!    chi lo sa!
• search out    scovare
• search warrant    mandato di perquisizione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - procura (f), pesquisa (f), indagação (f)
v. - procurar

idioms:

• Search me!    revistar-me
• search out    procurar
• search warrant    mandado de busca

Русский (Russian)
поиск, обыск, расследование, исследование, искать, производить обыск, досматривать, внимательно изучать, исследовать, проникать, разведывать, вести огонь с рассеиванием в глубину

idioms:

• Search me!    почем я знаю, понятия не имею
• search out    разыскать
• search warrant    ордер на обыск

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - buscar, cachear, registrar, inquirir, investigar
v. intr. - buscar, cachear, registrar, inquirir, investigar
n. - búsqueda, pesquisas, registro, cacheo

idioms:

• search engine    (comp) motor de búsqueda
• Search me    ¡yo qué sé!, ¡a mí que me registren!, regístreme
• search out    descubrir
• search warrant    orden de registro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sökande, letande, forskning, efterspaning, skallgång, genomsökning, husrannsakan, husundersökning, visitation
v. - söka, leta, undersöka, leta igenom, söka igenom, gå skallgång, kroppsvisitera, rannsaka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
搜查, 细看, 在...中搜寻, 仔细检查, 探究, 搜寻, 调查, 查究

idioms:

• search engine    关键字搜寻套装软件
• Search me    我可不知道
• search out    找到
• search warrant    搜索证

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 搜查, 細看, 在...中搜尋, 仔細檢查
v. intr. - 搜查, 探究, 搜尋, 調查
n. - 搜尋, 查究

idioms:

• search engine    關鍵字搜尋套裝軟體
• Search me    我可不知道
• search out    找到
• search warrant    搜索證

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (장소를) 찾다, (바람, 추위 등이) 스며들다, (상처, 감정 따위를) 살피다
v. intr. - 찾다, 조사하다, 파헤치다
n. - 탐색, 조사, (컴퓨터) 찾기

idioms:

• search out    찾아내다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 捜す, 身体検査をする, 探る, 詮索する, たどる
n. - 捜索, 調査

idioms:

• Search me!    私は潔白だ!:!:ワタシハケッパクダ!
• search out    捜し出す
• search warrant    捜索令状

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بحث, تفتيش (فعل) يبحث, يفتش‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חיפש, חדר‬
v. intr. - ‮בדק בקפידה‬
n. - ‮חיפוש, חקירה, חדירה‬