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An example use of search in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… the rock pools or search in the cliffs …”
Search means to look for something or someone by looking in a particular place or by asking questions.
the word search occurs in english on average 62.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that search can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
2) education, science, and technology;