Search (Noun)
Meaning 1
Boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas; "right of search".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The customs enforcement team exercised their right of search on the suspect cargo vessel and discovered a hidden compartment containing contraband.
- A search of the ship's bridge revealed navigation charts and logs that suggested the vessel had been altered to avoid port inspections.
- During the search, authorities found evidence of tampering with the ship's identification markings and cargo documentation.
- As part of their treaty obligations, naval warships may conduct a search of commercial vessels on the high seas suspected of smuggling.
- Following the search of the foreign vessel, it was deemed a lawful seizure under the Maritime Code, allowing the naval forces to bring it into port.
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Meaning 2
The examination of alternative hypotheses; "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
An investigation seeking answers; "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"; "the outcome justified the search".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 4
The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 5
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.