Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

re-search

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.77 in modern English

Syllables
re-search
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To search again; to re-examine.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin circō Anglo-Norman sercherbor. Middle English serchen English search English re-search From re- + search.

Usage

Inflected Forms

re-searches (present, singular) re-searching (participle, present) re-searched (participle, past) re-searched (past)

Questions

What does re-search mean?
To search again; to re-examine.
Where does re-search come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin circō Anglo-Norman sercherbor. Middle English serchen English search English re-search From re- + search.

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