ɪkˈsplɔː ɪkˈsplɔɹ ɪkˈsplo(ː)ɹ hʌnt lʊk ɹɪˈsɜːtʃ ˈɹi.sɚtʃ sɜːt͡ʃ sɝt͡ʃ sɜːt͡ʃ sɝt͡ʃ siːk

an investigation seeking answers a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing the outcome justified the search boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas right of search inquire into the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project He searched for information on his relatives on the web Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of The police are searching for clues They are searching for the missing man in the entire county subject to a search The police searched the suspect We searched the whole house for the missing keys search or seek We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest Look elsewhere for the perfect gift! the examination of alternative hypotheses his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property they wrote a program to do a table lookup