Meaning of search | Babel Free

Definitions

1. search (an attempt to find something)
2. An attempt to find something
3. An attempt to find something.
   countable, uncountable
4. A surname.
5. third-person singular present indicative
6. The act of searching in general
7. To seek to find or come to know by examination: sought out the answer in a history book.
8. The act of searching in general.
   countable, uncountable
9. second-person singular imperative
10. To look in (a place) for something
11. Used by a speaker to indicate that he or she does not have an answer to a question just asked.
12. pager (a wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages)
13. To look thoroughly
14. an act of searching. His search did not take long. soektog تَفْتيش търсене busca pátrání die Suche eftersøgning έρευνα, αναζήτηση, ψάξιμοbúsqueda, registro, cacheo otsimine, kontroll بازرسي etsintä rechercheחיפוש traženje, istraživanje keresés, kutatás pencarian leit ricerca 捜査 탐색 ieškojimas, krata meklēšana pencarian gezoek leting, saumfaring; husundersøkelserewizja, szukanie لټون: پلټنه: كره كونه: لټونه، تلاش busca cercetare; căutare поиск pátranie iskanje potraga sökande, letande การค้นหา;...
15. To look for, seek
16. soeker باحِث търсач investigador pátrač der/die Sucher(in) eftersøgningsmandskab ερευνητήςbuscador uurija جوينده etsijä chercheur/-euse מְחַפֵּש खोजने वाला tražilac, tragalac kereső, kutató, vizsgáló pencari rannsakandi; leitarmaður ricercatore, ricercatrice, investigatore, investigatrice 探す人 탐색자 ieškotojas meklētājs pencari zoeker en som leter/ransaker badacz, szperacz پلټونكى، غوښتونكى، تلاش كوونكى investigador cercetător лицо, производящее обыск pátrač raziskovalec tragač sökare ผู้ค้นหา a...
17. trying to find out the truth by careful examination. He gave me a searching look. ondersoekend فاحِص изпитателен penetrante zkoumavý forschend undersøgende ερευνητικόςpenetrante uuriv جستجوگر tutkivainen scrutateurחקירה प्रचण्ड, खोज के लिए उत्सुक koji traži, pronicav, temeljit fürkésző menyelidik rannsakandi indagatore 探るような 수사하는 tiriantis pētījošs mencari onderzoekendundersøkendebadawczy پلټونكى penetrante iscoditor тщательный; изучающий skúmavý preiskujoč prodoran forskande ที่พินิจพิเคราะห...
18. ondersoekend بِصورةٍ فاحِصَه изпитателно penetrantemente pátravě forschend undersøgende (δι)ερευνητικά de manera penetrante uurivalt جستجوگرانه tutkivaisesti d'un œil scrutateur בְּמַבַּט בּוֹחֵן प्रचण्डता से, उत्सुक्तापूर्वक, भेदकता से pronicavo, temeljito fürkészően dengan menyelidik með rannsakandi augnaráði con aria indagatrice 探るように 철저히 tiriamai pētījoši; meklējot dengan mencari onderzoekendundersøkende, forskende badawczo غوښتونكى د penetrantemente iscoditor; amănunţit тщательно pátravo...
19. a strong light with a beam that can be turned in any direction, used eg to see enemy aeroplanes in the sky. soeklig نور كَشّاف прожектор holofote světlomet der Suchscheinwerfer søgelys δυνατός προβολέας για τον εντοπισμό εχθρικών αεροσκαφών reflector, proyector helgiheitja نورافكن valonheitin projecteurזרקור खोज-बत्ती reflektor keresőlámpa lampu sorot leitarljós; kastljós proiettore, riflettore サーチライト 탐조등 prožektorius prožektors lampu cari zoeklichtsøkelys, lyskaster reflektor szperacz رڼا غو...
    eg
20. a group of people looking for a missing person. When the climbers failed to return, a search party was sent out. soekgeselskap فِرقَة التَّفْتيش عن شَخْص ضائِع спасителен отряд expedição de socorro pátrací skupina der Suchtrupp eftersøgningshold ομάδα αναζήτησης αγνοούμενων equipo de rescate otsingusalk گروه تجسس etsintäpartio expédition de secours צֶווֶת חִיפּוּש अन्वेषक दल tragalačka ekipa, potraga mentőosztag regu pencari leitarflokkur (squadra di soccorso) 捜索隊 수색대 paieškos grupė meklēšana...
21. a warrant giving legal permission to the police to search a house etc. soeklasbrief أمْر رَسْمي بالتَّفْتيش заповед за обиск mandado de busca povolení k domovní prohlídce der Hausdurchsuchungsbefehl ransagningskendelse ένταλμα έρευνας orden de registro läbiotsimisluba حكم بازرسي kotietsintälupa mandat de perquisition צַו חִיפּוּש तलाशी अधि-पत्र nalog za premetačinu házkutatási engedély perintah penggeledahan húsleitarheimild mandato di perquisizione 捜査令状 수색영장 kratos orderis kratīšanas orderis...
    etc
22. searching for. We went in search of a restaurant. in die soeke na, op soek na بَحْثا عَن в търсене à procura de hledat auf der Suche nach ud for at lede efter; på jagt efter σε αναζήτηση en busca de otsima در جستجويپ etsiä jtk à la recherche de חִיפוּש אַחֲרֵי की तलाश में u potrazi za (vminek/vkinek a) keresésére (indul stb.) mencari í leit að alla ricerca di ～を探して (~을) 찾아서 ieškodamas meklējumos; meklējot mencari op zoek naarpå jakt etter w poszukiwaniu په لټه كي à procura de în căutarea... в...

Equivalents

Examples

“With only five minutes until we were meant to leave, the search for the keys started in earnest.”

“At least eight people died, and officials expressed deep concerns that the toll would rise as more searches of homes were carried out.”

“Search is a hard problem for computers to solve efficiently.”

“Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.”

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