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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A search technology that uses the results from a number of traditional search engines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
An individual search operation of this kind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
To perform a search of this kind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin circō Anglo-Norman sercherbor. Middle English serchen English search English metasearch From meta- + search.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
