search


Meanings

  • the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
  • 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;
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • search or seek;
  • 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"
  • subject to a search;
    • "The police searched the suspect"
    • "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"
  • SEARCH v -ED, -ING, -ES to look through or over carefully in order to find something


Scrabble Score: 11

search is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

search is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

search is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 11

search is a valid Words With Friends word