search
To look in for somethingTo look in (a place) for something.
» I need to search for my pen.
Ich muss meinen Stift suchen.
Мне нужно найти свою ручку.
Мені потрібно пошукати ручку.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To look in (a place) for something.
I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.
suchen, absuchen, durchsuchen
иска́тьiskátʹ
шука́тиšukáty, обшу́куватиobšúkuvaty, обшука́тиobšukáty
(intransitive)To look thoroughly.
The police are searching for evidence in his flat.
suchen
разы́скиватьrazýskivatʹ, разыска́тьrazyskátʹ
(transitive)To put a phrase into a search engine, especially one besides Google.
I searched "Paris Hilton" and found lots of unflattering stories.
(archaic, transitive)To look for, seek.
search or seek
(obsolete, transitive)To probe or examine (a wound).
(obsolete)To examine; to try; to put to the test.
Examples
1337 sentencesI need to search for my pen.
Мені потрібно пошукати ручку.
ruМне нужно найти свою ручку.
deIch muss meinen Stift suchen.
Is this what you were searching for?
Ви це шукали?
ruЭто то, что вы искали?
Tom allowed the police to search his home.
Том дозволив поліції обшукати свій будинок.
ruТом позволил полиции обыскать свой дом.
deTom hat es zugelassen, dass die Polizei sein Haus durchsucht.
Is this what you've been searching for all this time?
Це те, що ти шукав увесь цей час?
deIst es das, was du die ganze Zeit gesucht hast?
How is your job search going?
Як проходить пошук роботи?
ruКак идут поиски работы?
deWie verläuft die Arbeitssuche?
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English serchen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sercher, Old French cercInherited from Middle English serchen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sercher, Old French cerchier, from Late Latin circō, ,circāre (“to circle; go around; search for”), from circus. Unrelated to German suchen, which is cognate with English seek.
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Forms
searches, searching, searched, searchedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
7 synonymsWord family
58 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- the police searched
- been searching for
- police searched
- searched for the
- in search of
- the search party
- searched everywhere
- a search warrant
- search warrant
- search party
- search the whole
- off the search