Search

Inquire into

Derivation

Searcher

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

Synonyms

Lookup

Type of

Operation

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

Synonyms

Look for

Seek

Derivation

Searcher

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

Type of

Examine

See

Derivation

Searcher

Examples

The police searched the suspect

We searched the whole house for the missing keys

The examination of alternative hypotheses

Examples

His search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful