metasearch
metasearch noun: a search technology that uses the results from a number of traditional search engines.
Noun
metasearch (countable and uncountable, plural metasearches)
- A search technology that uses the results from a number of traditional search engines.
- You can also use a metasearch site like Kayak.com to get a snapshot of available flight alternatives.2008 June 28, Michelle Higgins, “Spate of Changes in Airline Industry Heightens the Need to Plan Ahead”, in New York Times
- An individual search operation of this kind.
Verb
metasearch (third-person singular simple present metasearches, present participle metasearching, simple past and past participle metasearched)
- To perform a search of this kind.
Forms of metasearch
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | metasearches |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | metasearches |
| present participle | metasearching |
| past participle | metasearched |
| past | metasearched |
Origin of metasearch
From meta- + search.
Words formed from metasearch
Phrases with metasearch
Questions about metasearch
- What does metasearch mean?
- Metasearch means a search technology that uses the results from a number of traditional search engines.
- What part of speech is metasearch?
- Metasearch can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of metasearch?
- The plural of metasearch is metasearches.
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