"search engine" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-search engine.wav [UK] Forms: search engines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} search engine (plural search engines)
  1. (computing) An application that searches for, and retrieves, data based on some criteria, especially one that searches the Internet for documents containing specified words. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (application that searches for data): مُحَرِّك بَحْث (muḥarrik baḥṯ) [masculine] (Arabic), axtarış mexanizmi (Azerbaijani), по́шукавая сістэ́ма (póšukavaja sistéma) [feminine] (Belarusian), по́шукавая машы́на (póšukavaja mašýna) [feminine] (Belarusian), по́шукавік (póšukavik) [masculine] (Belarusian), cercador [masculine] (Catalan), motor de cerca [masculine] (Catalan), 搜索引擎 (sōusuǒ yǐnqíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 搜索機 (Chinese Mandarin), 搜索机 (sōusuǒjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 搜尋引擎 (Chinese Mandarin), 搜寻引擎 (sōuxún yǐnqíng) (Chinese Mandarin), towlen hwithra [feminine] (Cornish), vyhledávač [masculine] (Czech), søgemaskine [common-gender] (Danish), zoekmotor [masculine] (Dutch), zoekmachine [feminine] (Dutch), serĉilo (Esperanto), otsimootor (Estonian), otsingumootor (Estonian), hakukone (Finnish), moteur de recherche [masculine] (French), buscador [masculine] (Galician), motor de busca [masculine] (Galician), საძიებო სისტემა (saʒiebo sisṭema) (Georgian), ძებნის მექანიზმი (ʒebnis mekanizmi) (Georgian), Suchmaschine [feminine] (German), μηχανή αναζήτησης (michaní anazítisis) [feminine] (Greek), מנוע חיפוש (m'nóa-khipús) [masculine] (Hebrew), keresőmotor (Hungarian), kereső (Hungarian), mesin pencari (Indonesian), mesin penelusur (Indonesian), inneall cuardaigh [masculine] (Irish), motore di ricerca [masculine] (Italian), サーチエンジン (sāchi enjin) (Japanese), 検索エンジン (kensaku enjin) (alt: けんさくエンジン) (Japanese), mesin goleki (Javanese), іздеу жүйесі (ızdeu jüiesı) (Kazakh), 검색 엔진 (geomsaek enjin) (Korean), Sichmaschinn [feminine] (Luxembourgish), пребарувач (prebaruvač) [masculine] (Macedonian), enjin carian (Malay), søkemotor [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), søkjemotor [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), cercador [masculine] (Occitan), wyszukiwarka [feminine] (Polish), szukajka [colloquial, feminine] (Polish), máquina de busca [feminine] (Portuguese), motor de busca [masculine] (Portuguese), buscador [masculine] (Portuguese), motor de căutare [neuter] (Romanian), поиско́вая систе́ма (poiskóvaja sistéma) [feminine] (Russian), поискови́к (poiskovík) [masculine] (Russian), поиско́вая маши́на (poiskóvaja mašína) [feminine] (Russian), lorgair [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), претражѝва̄ч [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), тражилица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pretražìvāč [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tražilica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vyhľadávač [masculine] (Slovak), iskalnik [masculine] (Slovene), buscador [masculine] (Spanish), motor de búsqueda [masculine] (Spanish), mesin teang (Sundanese), sökmotor [common-gender] (Swedish), โปรแกรมค้นหา (Thai), arama motoru (Turkish), пошуко́ва систе́ма (pošukóva systéma) [feminine] (Ukrainian), пошуко́ва маши́на (pošukóva mašýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), пошуко́вий руші́й (pošukóvyj rušíj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), пошукови́к (pošukovýk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), peiriant chwilio [masculine] (Welsh)
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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-search engine.wav [UK] Forms: search engines [present, singular, third-person], search engining [participle, present], search engined [participle, past], search engined [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} search engine (third-person singular simple present search engines, present participle search engining, simple past and past participle search engined)
  1. Alternative form of search-engine Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: search-engine
    Sense id: en-search_engine-en-verb-AQsk7Qc9

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1998 April, Sergey Brin, Lawrence Page, “The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine”, in Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, →DOI",
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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "word": "otsimootor"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "word": "otsingumootor"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "hakukone"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Suchmaschine"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "michaní anazítisis",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "μηχανή αναζήτησης"
        },
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "m'nóa-khipús",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מנוע חיפוש"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "word": "keresőmotor"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "word": "kereső"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "word": "mesin pencari"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "word": "mesin penelusur"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "inneall cuardaigh"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "motore di ricerca"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sāchi enjin",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "word": "サーチエンジン"
        },
        {
          "alt": "けんさくエンジン",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kensaku enjin",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "word": "検索エンジン"
        },
        {
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "word": "mesin goleki"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ızdeu jüiesı",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "word": "іздеу жүйесі"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geomsaek enjin",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "word": "검색 엔진"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Sichmaschinn"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prebaruvač",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пребарувач"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "word": "enjin carian"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "søkemotor"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "søkjemotor"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cercador"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wyszukiwarka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "szukajka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "máquina de busca"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "motor de busca"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "buscador"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "motor de căutare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poiskóvaja sistéma",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "поиско́вая систе́ма"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poiskovík",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "поискови́к"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poiskóvaja mašína",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "поиско́вая маши́на"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lorgair"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "претражѝва̄ч"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "тражилица"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pretražìvāč"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tražilica"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vyhľadávač"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "iskalnik"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "buscador"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "motor de búsqueda"
        },
        {
          "code": "su",
          "lang": "Sundanese",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "word": "mesin teang"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "sökmotor"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "word": "โปรแกรมค้นหา"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "word": "arama motoru"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pošukóva systéma",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пошуко́ва систе́ма"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pošukóva mašýna",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пошуко́ва маши́на"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pošukóvyj rušíj",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пошуко́вий руші́й"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pošukovýk",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "пошукови́к"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "application that searches for data",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "peiriant chwilio"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ca/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-search_engine.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-search_engine.wav.ogg",
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}

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