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search engine

[ surch en-juhn ]

noun

, Digital Technology.
  1. a computer program that searches documents, especially on the World Wide Web, for a specified word or words and provides a list of documents in which they are found.


search engine

noun

  1. computing a service provided on the internet enabling users to search for items of interest
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


search engine

  1. Web sites or software that search the Internet for documents that contain a key word, phrase, or subject that is specified by the user to the search engine. Each engine has its own method of searching for information.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of search engine1

First recorded in 1990–95
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Example Sentences

They not only disrupted service in China, they apparently crashed the search engine worldwide.

But what started out as a search engine has evolved into a search-and-destroy machine.

Revenge, it seems, is a dish best served through search engine optimization.

We make things easier for the people as well as the search engine.

I doubt the company wants to risk millions of people taking their search engine relationship elsewhere.

He did not need an Intel inside computer or search engine to find what he wanted.

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