Definitions
verb
inquire into
“the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project”
noun
an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
verb
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
“The police are searching for clues”
noun
an investigation seeking answers
“a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing”
noun
boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
“right of search”
verb
subject to a search
“The police searched the suspect”
noun
the examination of alternative hypotheses
“his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful”
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