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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

chercher

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shershe

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Search/sɜːtʃ/
verbnounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #350 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Il a cherché ses documents toute la matinée."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To look for someone or something carefully by inspecting a place, person, or database.

    "She searched everywhere for her lost car keys."
As noun
  1. 1

    An act of searching for someone or something.

    "The police launched an intensive search for the missing child."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French verb 'cerchier', which stems from the Late Latin 'circare' meaning 'to go round' or 'to wander about', ultimately tracing back to the Latin noun 'circus' (circle). Over time, the meaning evolved from traversing a circular area to closely examining or looking for something systematically.

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