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Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
  2. noun an investigation seeking answers
  3. noun an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English serchen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sercher, Old French cerchier, from Late Latin circō, ,circāre (“to circle; go around; search for”), from circus. Unrelated to German suchen, which is cognate with English seek.

In classic literature

Synonyms

hunt, hunting

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