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(v)
(ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.
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(transitive) To seek.
(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
(n)
The process of locating a term in a reference work.
The action of looking; an attempt to see.
The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.
The act of hunting.
The act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.
One who seeks.
A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
The process of exploring.
An exploration or investigation.
The action of the verb explore.
One who finds or discovers something.
To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
Something discovered.
(dated) Offspring, especially illegitimate.
The action of trying at something.
An attempt.
A result of research or an investigation.
To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
(transitive) To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.
(informal) An act of examining.
(transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
A close investigation.
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination
(adj)
Of, or relating to investigating, or to an investigation.
The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.
The act of carrying out research.
Of or pertaining to investigation
The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.
An act of inspection.
The act of examining something, often closely.
(transitive, ditransitive) To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
(transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
pursuit
examination
The act of pursuing.
(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
British form of inquiry. [The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.]
The act of retrieving or something retrieved.
A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
An act of retrieval.
The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
(transitive) To regain or get back something.
One who, or that which, locates.
A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity.
British standard spelling of endeavor.
The act of leaving real property in a will.
(obsolete) Alternative form of strife. [Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.]
One who researches.
Effort; the act of one who strives.
The desire to purchase goods and services.
A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
(transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
(medicine, pathology) A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure).
An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
(transitive) To find out where something is located.
Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
Alternative form of lookup. [An attempt to retrieve data.]
The act of one who looks; a glance.
Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
An act of prying; a close and curious look.
An act of tracing.
The act or process by which something is tracked.
A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, danger, etc.
(now US, countable) A visit to consult somebody, such as a doctor; a consultation.
The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
(uncountable) Employment.
An act of identification.
(law) An intentional interference with another's property or person.
An appointment or meeting with a professional person, such as a doctor.
(countable) The act of browsing through something.
(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.
(Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.
Sought out and chosen with care; choice; exquisite.
(military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
The process by which a person is recruited; recruitment.
The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
The act of snooping.
A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.
(transitive) To think about seriously.
The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.
Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
Practiced; self-conscious; careful; not spontaneous.
A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
(countable, uncountable) The act of signing up or registering for something.
The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness.
The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.
A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
Wished for; desired; sought.
(countable) A record; an account; a register.
A locality in Huon Valley council area, southern Tasmania, Australia.
An academic field of study concerning the given subject.
The act of frisking, of searching for something by feeling someone's body.