SEARCH

Definition of SEARCH

  1. (noun)the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
  2. (noun)an investigation seeking answers
  3. (noun)an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
  4. (noun)the examination of alternative hypotheses
  5. (noun)boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
  6. (verb)try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
  7. (verb)search or seek
  8. (verb)inquire into
  9. (verb)subject to a search