Search
Inquire into
Derivation
Examples
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
An operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
Search or seek
Try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
Has types
Derivation
Examples
The police are searching for clues
They are searching for the missing man in the entire county
An investigation seeking answers
Examples
A thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing
The outcome justified the search
Boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
Examples
Right of search
Subject to a search
The examination of alternative hypotheses
Type of
Examples
His search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful