English to English
noun
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
source: WordNet 3.0
- an investigation seeking answers
A thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing.
The outcome justified the search.
source: WordNet 3.0
- an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
They wrote a program to do a table lookup.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the examination of alternative hypotheses
His search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful.
source: WordNet 3.0
- boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
Right of search.
source: WordNet 3.0
- The act of seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something; examination.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
The police are searching for clues.
They are searching for the missing man in the entire county.
source: WordNet 3.0
- search or seek
We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest.
Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!.
source: WordNet 3.0
- inquire into
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.
Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness.
source: WordNet 3.0
- subject to a search
The police searched the suspect.
We searched the whole house for the missing keys.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.
source: Webster 1913
- To seek; to look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [sirch] Paniniyasat; paghanap
source: Diccionario Ingles-Espaņol-Tagalog
verb
- [sirch] Sumiyasat; sumaliksik
source: Diccionario Ingles-Espaņol-Tagalog