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; they wrote a program to do a table lookup
[ Syn: 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'
search (n.)
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; We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest; Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!
[ Syn: 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; Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness
subject to a search; The police searched the suspect; We searched the whole house for the missing keys'