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re-search

re-search verb: to search again; to re-examine.

Verb

re-search (third-person singular simple present re-searches, present participle re-searching, simple past and past participle re-searched)

  1. (transitive) To search again; to re-examine.
    • The river has been searched and re-searched.

Forms of re-search

third-person singular presentre-searches
present participlere-searching
past participlere-searched
pastre-searched

Origin of re-search

From re- + search.

Questions about re-search

What does re-search mean?
Re-search means to search again; to re-examine.
What part of speech is re-search?
Re-search is a verb.
What is the past tense of re-search?
The past tense of re-search is re-searched.

Words near re-search in the dictionary

  1. re-runs
  2. re-save
  3. re-saved
  4. re-saves
  5. re-saving
  6. re-search
  7. re-searched
  8. re-searches
  9. re-searching
  10. re-sentence
  11. re-sentenced

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