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ricercare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • query noun A question, especially one asking for information or clarification.
  • research noun Careful, systematic study of a subject to discover or confirm facts.
  • seek verb To try to find something.

Senses

ricercare is used for these senses in English:

  • look for (transitive) To seek.
  • query (computing, databases) To pass a set of instructions to a database to retrieve information from it.
  • research (transitive) To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
  • seek (transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
  • seek out (transitive) To try to locate; to search for.

query — full definition

  1. noun A question, especially one asking for information or clarification.
  2. verb To ask a question about something, or to express doubt about it.
  3. verb To request information from a database using a formal set of instructions.

research — full definition

  1. noun Careful, systematic study of a subject to discover or confirm facts.
  2. verb To investigate a subject thoroughly and carefully.

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