/sɜːtʃ/
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
Examples
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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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