Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with search in American Collocation
search
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/sɜrtʃ/
thorough
comprehensive
diligent
exhaustive
extensive
relentless
systematic
thorough
The site was selected for development after an exhaustive search.
done by someone who is worried
desperate
frantic
When Kyle discovers that her daughter is missing, she embarks on a frantic search for answers.
producing no useful result
fruitless
unsuccessful
That night we had another fruitless search for a decent restaurant, so went back to the boat to eat.
start a search
commence
initiate
launch
After two drivers were reported missing, a sea and air search was initiated.
make a search
carry out
conduct
do
execute
perform
undertake
The Police said they didn’t have enough resources to undertake missing persons searches.
stop a search
abandon
call off
This failure should not give us cause to abandon the search for clarity of thought.