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Results for: "search"

Translating from English to Portuguese Portugal

Translations:

search — to look throughout for something
→ buscar
→ procurar
search — an attempt to find something
→ pesquisa f
search — to look thoroughly
→ procurar
→ buscar

More translations:

search
→ procurar
search
→ revistar
search
→ busca

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (5)

1. the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone;
[syn: search, hunt, hunting]

2. an investigation seeking answers;
- Example: "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"
- Example: "the outcome justified the search"

3. an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property;
- Example: "they wrote a program to do a table lookup"
[syn: search, lookup]

4. the examination of alternative hypotheses;
- Example: "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"

5. boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas;
- Example: "right of search"


VERB (4)

1. try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of;
- Example: "The police are searching for clues"
- Example: "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
[syn: search, seek, look for]

2. search or seek;
- Example: "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"
- Example: "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"
[syn: search, look]

3. inquire into;
- Example: "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"
- Example: "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"
- Example: "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"
[syn: research, search, explore]

4. subject to a search;
- Example: "The police searched the suspect"
- Example: "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"