global searchnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌɡləʊ.bəl ˈsɜːtʃ/us/ˌɡloʊ.bəl ˈsɝːtʃ/If you do a global search on a computer, you look for every example of a word or phrase in a document:
Do a global search for "organise" and replace it with "organize".
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Searching
- a needle in a haystack idiom
- beachcomber
- bounty hunter
- burrow
- cast around
- dig
- drag
- nose
- once-over
- pick
- pick through sth
- poke
- poke around
- seek
- shake
- strip search
- turn a place inside out idiom
- turn sth upside down idiom
- wanted
- wild-goose chase
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