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Plural of search

regular plural

The plural of search is searches.

Forms of search

Singularsearch /sɜːt͡ʃ/
Pluralsearches /ˈsɝt͡ʃɪz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Searches in a sentence

  • At least eight people died, and officials expressed deep concerns that the toll would rise as more searches of homes were carried out.2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, retrieved 31 Oct 2012
  • His depersonalization causes a great deal of stress as he searches for an authentic personal identity.From the entry depersonalization
  • This software searches the directory and attempts to filetype all the files in it.From the entry filetype
  • Many people had looked but it was unusual to see these searches bearing fruit.From the entry bear fruit
  • There are multiple sets of matchers for various types of searches.From the entry matcher

Meaning of search

  1. noun An attempt to find something.
  2. noun The act of searching in general.
  3. verb To look in (a place) for something.

Full definition of search

Questions about the plural of search

What is the plural of search?
The plural of search is searches.
Is search countable?
Search is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: search (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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