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search

noun
  1. an investigation seeking answers
    “a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing”
  2. boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
    “right of search”
  3. the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
    hunt
  4. the examination of alternative hypotheses
    “Our search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful.”
  5. an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
    lookup
verb
  1. inquire into
    “the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project”
    research
  2. try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
    “The police are searching for clues”
    seeklook for
  3. subject to a search
    “The police searched the suspect”
  4. search or seek
    look