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Engelsk navneord: search

1. search (om handling) the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)hunt, hunting


Mindre specifikke termeractivity


Mere specifikke termerexploration, forage, foraging, frisk, frisking, looking, looking for, manhunt, quest, ransacking, rummage, scouring, seeking, shakedown

2. search (om handling) an investigation seeking answers


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningA thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing.
The outcome justified the search.


Mindre specifikke termerinvestigating, investigation

3. search (om proces) an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThey wrote a program to do a table lookup.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)lookup


Mindre specifikke termeroperation

4. search (om erkendelse) the examination of alternative hypotheses


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningHis search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful.


Mindre specifikke termerhigher cognitive process


Mere specifikke termerhunt, pursuance, pursuit, quest

5. search (om handling) boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningRight of search.


Mindre specifikke termerexamination, scrutiny


Engelsk udsagnsord: search

1. search (om relation) try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe police are searching for clues.
They are searching for the missing man in the entire county.


Eksempler på anvendelseThe banks search the check, Sam cannot search Sue , They search the water


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)look for, seek


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody


Mere specifikke termerangle, browse, browse, divine, drag, dredge, feel, finger, fish, fumble, gather, go after, grope, grub, hunt, leave no stone unturned, pursue, quest after, quest for, scour, seek out, shop, surf, want

2. search (om opfattelse) search or seek


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningWe looked all day and finally found the child in the forest.
Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!.


Eksempler på anvendelseThe men search the area for animals , The men search for animals in the area


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)look


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody


Mindre specifikke termerexamine, see


Mere specifikke termercruise, horn in, hunt, intrude, nose, poke, prospect, pry

3. search (om erkendelse) inquire into


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe 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.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)explore, research


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something


Mindre specifikke termerinvestigate, look into


Mere specifikke termerbeat about, cast about, cast around, google, mapquest, prospect, re-explore

4. search (om relation) subject to a search


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe police searched the suspect.
We searched the whole house for the missing keys.


Eksempler på anvendelseThey want to search the prisoners


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody


Mindre specifikke termerexamine, see


Mere specifikke termercomb, frisk, go, raid, ransack, rifle, rummage, scan, strip-search









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