Synonyms for searching
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : sur-ching |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɜr tʃɪŋ |
Définition of searching
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French cerchier "to search" (12c., Modern French chercher), from Latin circare "go about, wander, traverse," in Late Latin "to wander hither and thither," from circus "circle" (see circus). Phrase search me as a verbal shrug of ignorance first recorded 1901. Search engine attested from 1988. Search and destroy as a modifier is 1966, American English, from the Vietnam War. Search and rescue is from 1944.
- adj probing
- Yes, I meant no harm to Mortimer in searching for this evidence; it was only to clear your brother.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- It need hardly be said that a searching inquiry was instituted.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- The hot, searching, stifling African day took possession of the world.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- She seemed to be searching in the depths of her mind for some argument to oppose to my assertions.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- As we entered the ballroom, her eyes were wistful, searching, yet not expecting to find.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- Bohun inclined his head, searching Nat's face with his keen, bright eyes.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Now he was sure that she had been searching for the gladstone bag.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- And among all the telegrams I was searching first for one, just one name.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- (searching about with officious haste) If it's above ground, I'll find it.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- She was looking about her on all sides, in a fidget of annoyance, searching for him, and to his dismay she saw him.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
Words or expressions associated with your search
- in search of
- operational research
- operations research
- opinion research
- re search
- re searched
- re searcher
- re searchers
- re searches
- re searching
- research and development
- research laboratory
- research worker
- researched
- researcher
- researchist
- search
- search for pot of gold
- search high heaven
- search out
- searched
- searched out
- searching
- searchingly
- searing
- talent search
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