Talk:search

I am not familiar enough with the template to correct the 'third-person singular simple present'. It really should be "searches" not "searchs". --12.106.111.10 19:24, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Do we clearly enuf distinguish
 * "on a/the search for"

as opp'd to "
 * "in search of"

-- or is that nuance between types of search and/or searching too subtle? --JerzyA (talk) 13:29, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Middle English
In the etymology, we could ideally do with a Middle English bridge between Old French and Modern English. Mglovesfun (talk) 18:33, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

discover
(transitive ) to discover, come to know, or find something by examination I searched out the relevant file Microsoft® Encarta® 2009

search out search something/somebody  ↔  out (phrasal verb) to look for something/somebody until you find them (SYNONYM track down) Fighter pilots searched out and attacked enemy aircraft. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/search-out?q=search+out --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:48, 9 March 2020 (UTC)