🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

探す

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sagasu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Search/sɜːrtʃ/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #600 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"鍵をどこでなくしたか探しています。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To look for someone or something carefully by inspecting a place, person, or database.

    "She searched everywhere for her lost car keys."
As noun
  1. 1

    An act of searching for someone or something.

    "The police launched an intensive search for the missing child."

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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'search' originates from the Old French 'cerchier', which means 'to seek'. It evolved from the Latin 'circare', meaning 'to go around', reflecting the act of looking for something in a thorough manner.

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