Dictionary Check: search
"search" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
noun
the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
noun
an investigation seeking answers
Example:
"a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"
noun
an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
Example:
"they wrote a program to do a table lookup"
noun
the examination of alternative hypotheses
Example:
"his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"
noun
boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas
Example:
"right of search"
verb
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
Example:
"The police are searching for clues"
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