searching
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɝt͡ʃɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɜːtʃɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tʃɪŋ
Verb edit
searching
- present participle and gerund of search
Adjective edit
searching (comparative more searching, superlative most searching)
- (of an investigation, etc.) Thorough.
- 1916 March, R. A. Millikan, “A Direct Photoelectric Determination of Planck's "h"”, in Physical Review, volume 7, number 3, , page 388:
- Einstein's photoelectric equation has been subjected to very searching tests and it appears in every case to predict exactly the observed results.
- Looking over closely; penetrating; severe.
- a searching gaze; searching criticism
- 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 201:
- ‘So you are going out there. Famous. Interesting too.’ He gave me a searching glance, and made another note.
Noun edit
searching (plural searchings)
- search; hunt
- 1978 April 8, Barb Nesto, “Woman from the West”, in Gay Community News, page 10:
- Her songs take us through many mood changes from lighthearted lovesongs and social commentary to a serious searching for answers and understanding.
- 2007 November 4, Mark Oppenheimer, “The Turning of an Atheist”, in New York Times[1]:
- Depending on whom you ask, Antony Flew is either a true convert whose lifelong intellectual searchings finally brought him to God or a senescent scholar possibly being exploited by his associates.