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/ˈsɜːtʃ/SURCH
/ˈsɝtʃ/SURCH

Meaningto go round

Common meaning: to look for

Journey through time

  1. Latincircare‘to go round’source
  2. Old Frenchcerchersource
  3. Middle Englishserchensource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsto go round → to look forsearch‘to look for’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin circare ‘to go round’.

Roots

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