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/sɜːtʃ/

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Translation

To look carefully for someone or something you are trying to find.

Word origin

From Old French cerchier, from Latin circare, meaning to go round looking.

Origin
Old French
Root
cerchier

Grammar

Verb typeregular (search, searches, searched)

Examples

woods .

Here "search" means to look carefully for someone.

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"Searched" is the past form of "search".

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"Searches" is the form used with he, she, or it.

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This word is part of lesson 14.