Goo·gle (g  g l) A trademark used for an Internet search engine. This trademark often occurs in print as a verb, sometimes in lowercase: "A high school English teacher ... recently Googled a phrase in one student's paper and found it had been taken from a sample essay of an online editing service" (Chris Berdik). |
google [ˈguːgɒl]
vb (tr)
1. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) to search for (something on the Internet) using a search engine
2. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) to check (the credentials of someone) by searching for websites containing his or name
[from Google, a popular search engine on the World Wide Web]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | Google - a widely used search engine that uses text-matching techniques to find web pages that are important and relevant to a user's search trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product |
| Verb | 1. | google - search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine; "He googled the woman he had met at the party"; "My children are googling all day" computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
Translations
Google®
A. N → Google ® m
Google® [ˈguːgɒl]
n → Google®
vt (= do search on) [+ person, subject] → chercher sur Google, chercher avec Google
I Googled `cheap flights to Mumbai' → J'ai tapé `vols bon marché pour Mumbai' dans Google.
I Googled `cheap flights to Mumbai' → J'ai tapé `vols bon marché pour Mumbai' dans Google.
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