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(n)
the
activity
of
looking
thoroughly
in
order
to
find
something
or
someone
(n)
an
investigation
seeking
answers
; "
a
thorough
search
of
the
ledgers
revealed
nothing
"; "
the
outcome
justified
the
search
"
(n)
an
operation
that
determines
whether
one
or
more
of
a
set
of
items
has
a
specified
property
; "
they
wrote
a
program
to
do
a
table
lookup
"
(n)
the
examination
of
alternative
hypotheses
; "
his
search
for
a
move
that
would
avoid
checkmate
was
unsuccessful
"
(n)
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
"
(v)
search
or
seek
; "
We
looked
all
day
and
finally
found
the
child
in
the
forest
"; "
Look
elsewhere
for
the
perfect
gift
!"
(v)
inquire
into
(v)
subject
to
a
search
; "
The
police
searched
the
suspect
"; "
We
searched
the
whole
house
for
the
missing
keys
"
search Synonyms
explore
hunt
hunting
look
look for
lookup
research
search
seek
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