Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to search
Participle: searched
Gerund: searching
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | search |
| you | search |
| he;she;it | searches |
| we | search |
| you | search |
| they | search |
Perfect
| I | have searched |
| you | have searched |
| he;she;it | has searched |
| we | have searched |
| you | have searched |
| they | have searched |
Past
| I | searched |
| you | searched |
| he;she;it | searched |
| we | searched |
| you | searched |
| they | searched |
Pluperfect
| I | had searched |
| you | had searched |
| he;she;it | had searched |
| we | had searched |
| you | had searched |
| they | had searched |
Future
| I | will search |
| you | will search |
| he;she;it | will search |
| we | will search |
| you | will search |
| they | will search |
Future Perfect
| I | will have searched |
| you | will have searched |
| he;she;it | will have searched |
| we | will have searched |
| you | will have searched |
| they | will have searched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | search |
| you | search |
| he;she;it | search |
| we | search |
| you | search |
| they | search |
Perfect
| I | have searched |
| you | have searched |
| he;she;it | have searched |
| we | have searched |
| you | have searched |
| they | have searched |
Imperfect
| I | searched |
| you | searched |
| he;she;it | searched |
| we | searched |
| you | searched |
| they | searched |
Pluperfect
| I | had searched |
| you | had searched |
| he;she;it | had searched |
| we | had searched |
| you | had searched |
| they | had searched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would search |
| you | would search |
| he;she;it | would search |
| we | would search |
| you | would search |
| they | would search |
Perfect
| I | would have searched |
| you | would have searched |
| he;she;it | would have searched |
| we | would have searched |
| you | would have searched |
| they | would have searched |
Imperative
| you | search |
| we | Let's search |
| you | search |
Verbs conjugated like 'search'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'search'
searce,
starch,
arch,
beach,
earth,
enarch,
ensearch,
geach,
inarch,
insearch,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1330, from O.Fr.
cerchier "to search," from L.
circare "go about, wander, traverse," from
circus "circle." The noun is first recorded c.1400. Phrase
search me as a verbal shrug of ignorance first recorded 1901.
Search warrant first attested 1739.
Search-light recorded from 1883.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.
4. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.
5. Latin circus
6. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
7. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
8. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
9. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
10. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
11. Proto-Italic *-ājō
12. Proto-Italic *-āō
13. Latin -ō
14. Late Latin circō
15. Anglo-Norman sercherbor.
16. Middle English serchen
17. English search
18. 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. See: Middle English '
serchen', Middle English '
serchen', Anglo-Norman '
sercher', Old French '
cerchier'.
Verbs referencing "search"
Spanish
cercar, Ido serchar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] and depressed, every power of feeling gradually smothered,—this long and wasting heart-martyrdom, this slow, daily bleeding away of the inward life, drop by drop, hour after hour,—this is the true searching test of what there may be in man or woman.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Are you sure they won't come and search the garret ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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You handle that I'll get going - Linga - Yov! Go... go, tomorrow the police will come searching for you
(Magudam)