verb

Definition: inquire into

the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project

noun

Definition: an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property

noun

Definition: the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

verb

Definition: search or seek

verb

Definition: try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

The police are searching for clues

noun

Definition: an investigation seeking answers

a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing

noun

Definition: boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas

right of search

verb

Definition: subject to a search

The police searched the suspect

noun

Definition: the examination of alternative hypotheses

his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful