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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a widely used search engine that uses text-matching techniques to find web pages that are important and relevant to a user's search
  2. verb search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine

Etymology

Back-formation from googly + -le (frequentative suffix (indicating continuousness or repetition) forming verbs).

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