Definizione monolingua

search

search (third-person singular simple present searches, present participle searching, simple past and past participle searched)

1. (transitive) To look in (a place) for something.

   I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.

2. (intransitive, followed by ""for"") To look thoroughly.

   The police are searching for evidence in his flat.

3. (transitive, now rare) To look for, seek.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vi:

     To search the God of loue, her Nymphes she sent / Throughout the wandring forrest euery where [...].

4. (transitive, obsolete) To probe or examine (a wound).
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I:

     ther they refresshed hem as wel as they myght, and made leches serche theyr woundys and sorowed gretely for the dethe of her peple [...].

   • 1588, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, II.3:

     Now to the bottome dost thou search my wound.

search (plural searches)

1. An attempt to find something.

   With only five minutes until we were meant to leave, the search for the keys started in earnest.

2. The act of searching in general.

   Search is a hard problem for computers to solve efficiently

Definizione dizionario search

	cercare
	(followed by "for") to look thoroughly
	To try to locate an object (a file, a folder, a computer, a text).

	ricerca
	To try to locate an object (a file, a folder, a computer, a text).

	buscare
	(followed by "for") to look thoroughly

analizzare

cerca

esame

esaminare

esplorare

frugare

indagare

investigare

ispezionare

perlustrare

perquisire

perquisizione

ricercare

rovistare

scrutare

setacciare

Altri significati:

to look throughout (a place) for something

(transitive, now rare) To look for, seek.

(to) search

An attempt to find something.

To attempt to locate particular information on the Internet, usually with the aid of a Search Engine.

(item of) research

The act of searching in general.

(intransitive, followed by "for") To look thoroughly.

search (by police)

search (esp. in criminal investigations)

(transitive, obsolete) To probe or examine (a wound).

To attempt to find something or someone, within a specific region or area.

(transitive) To look in (a place) for something.

prying (into)

search (for something lost)

pursuing (goal)

search (for something desired, needed)

search (esp. for someone or something missing)