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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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noun, verb
+ noun
1 ~ (for sb/sth) an attempt to find sb/sth, especially by looking carefully for them/it: After a long search for the murder weapon, the police found a knife. + Detectives carried out a thorough search of the building. + She went into the kitchen in search of (= looking for) a drink. + The search for a cure goes on. + The search is on (= has begun) for someone to fill the post. + Eventually the search was called off. + a mountain search and rescue team
2 (computing) an act of looking for information in a computer DATABASE or NETWORK: to do a search on the Internet + a search engine (= a program that does searches)
+ verb
1 ~ (sth) (for sth/sb) to look carefully for sth/sb; to examine a particular place when looking for sb/sth: [V, +adv./prep.] She searched in vain for her passport. + The customs officers searched through our bags. + I've searched high and low for those files but I can't find them anywhere. + I found these photos while searching among some old papers. + [VN] His house had clearly been searched and the book was missing. + Firefighters searched the buildings for survivors. + searching the Web for interesting sites + [V, VN] Police searched for clues in the area. + Police searched the area for clues.
2 [VN] ~ sb (for sth) (especially of the police) to examine sb's clothes, their pockets, etc. in order to find sth that they may be hiding: Visitors are regularly searched as they enter the building. + The youths were arrested and searched for anything that would incriminate them.
See also - STRIP-SEARCH
3 [V] ~ (for sth) to think carefully about sth, especially in order to find the answer to a problem: He searched desperately for something to say. + The committee has been searching for new ways to tackle youth unemployment.
See also - SOUL-SEARCHING
Idioms: search me (spoken) used to emphasize that you do not know the answer to sb's question: 'Why didn't she say anything?' 'Search me!'
Phrasal Verbs: search sth/sb<->out to look for sth/sb until you find them: Fighter pilots searched out and attacked enemy aircraft.

Thesaurus dictionary

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v.

1 Often, search through. examine, scrutinize, check, comb (through), explore, go through, investigate, scout out, inspect, look at or into, probe, scour, sift through, pry into, hunt or rummage through; inquire or enquire of, Colloq plough through:

She searched through several encyclopedias but could not find the information she was looking for. Search your conscience to determine the best course

2 Often, search for. look (about or around), cast about, seek, leave no stone unturned:

I searched high and low but couldn't find my key.

n.

3 hunt, pursuit, quest:

The search for the killer went on for years.

4 researching, analysis; exploration, examination, scrutiny, probe, study, perusal, sifting, inspection, scouring, inquiry or enquiry:

A thorough search of the documents failed to turn up anything useful. The police made a house-to-house search of the neighbourhood.

Collocation dictionary

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ADJ.

careful, exhaustive, extensive, painstaking, systematic, thorough | major, massive, nationwide | desperate, frantic | constant | police | routine

Police conducted a routine search of all the houses in the area.

| house-to-house | fingertip

A team of police officers did a fingertip search of the area.

| body, strip

I was subjected to a body search by customs officials.

| computer, Internet

VERB + SEARCH

begin, launch, mount, start

The police immediately launched a nationwide search for the killer.

| carry out, conduct, do, make

The search for the missing men was conducted in poor weather conditions.

| abandon, call off

The search was called off when it began to get dark.

SEARCH + NOUN

operation

The police mounted an extensive search operation.

| party, team | warrant | engine

This is one of the fastest Internet search engines.

PREP.

in ~ of

We're constantly in search of new talent.

| ~ for

the search for oil off the coast

ADV.

thoroughly

The area has been thoroughly searched.

| carefully, diligently, painstakingly | systematically | actively

actively searching for something to keep the conversation going

| eagerly | desperately, frantically | in vain | aimlessly

For the rest of the morning he searched aimlessly through the town.

| constantly | around/round

I searched around for a thick stick.

PREP.

among

We searched among the rocks for crabs.

| for

Police are still searching for the missing child.

| in

He searched in his pocket and found a few coins.

| through

searching through a drawer

PHRASES

search far and wide, search sth from top to bottom

We searched the house from top to bottom.

| search high and low

I have searched high and low and cannot find them.

Concise English dictionary

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searches|searched|searchingsɜrtʃ /sɜːtʃ
noun
+the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
+an investigation seeking answers
+an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
+the examination of alternative hypotheses
+boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
verb
+try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
+search or seek
+inquire into
+subject to a search

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