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search
Verb
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When someone searches for something, they don't know where it is and they look in many places to try to discover where it is.
I searched the whole room but I don't know where the book is.
search
Noun
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An attempt to find something.
The search for the stolen jewelry was unsuccessful.
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The act of searching, as in computers etc..
Search engines have made using the internet easier.
task
Noun
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A task is a specific piece of work, often unpleasant.
Come here, young man. I have a task for you to do.
Telecommunications systems for hotels now perform many more tasks than just allowing people to make telephone calls.
When I was young, I had the task of milking the cows.
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If you take someone to task, you criticise them strongly.
Father took her to task for taking the car without asking.
task
Verb
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If you task someone with doing something, you give them that job.
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
template
Noun
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A template is a model or base which you can use as a starting point to make other objects.
I used the template with holes for letters to write that message neatly.
template
Verb
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If you template something, you make a guide or pattern for creating it.
He templated a circle by writing rules for making circles and providing an example circle to copy.