Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

search out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

Syllables: search out
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To find by searching.

Example Sentences

"Who went in the way before you to ſearch you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to ſhew you by what way ye ſhould goe, and in a cloud by day."
"How are the things of Eſau ſearched out! how are his hid things ſought up!"
"The presence of subclinical metabolic abnormality should be carefully searched out."
"who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to search out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go."

Inflected Forms

searches out (present, singular) searching out (participle, present) searched out (participle, past) searched out (past)

Synonyms

ferret out seek out hunt out

Questions

What does search out mean?: To find by searching.

How to pronounce search out

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