search
🇺🇸
/sɜːrtʃ/
🇬🇧
/sɜːtʃ/
noun
A2
to look for someone or something carefully
The police did a search for the missing child.
A2
to look for information on a computer or the internet
I did a search online to find the answer.
verb
A2
to look carefully for something or someone
We need to search for the lost keys.
B1
to check someone's clothes or pockets to find hidden things
The guard will search your bag at the entrance.
B1
to think hard to find an answer or idea
She searched her mind for a good solution.
translation
to look for someone or something carefully; to look for information on a computer or the internet
to look carefully for something or someone; to check someone's clothes or pockets to find hidden things; to think hard to find an answer or idea
Word Forms
3rd Present
searches
Progressive
searching
Past
searched
Plural
searches
Perfect
searched