/sɜːtʃ/

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Meaning

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

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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

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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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This word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 12: search, hotel, deep and 6 more words.