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Goo·gle  (ggl)
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
Noun1.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
Verb1.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
explore, research, search - inquire into; "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"; "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"
Translations
Google®
A. NGoogle ® m
C. VT (= do search on) [+ person] → buscar información or hacer una búsqueda en Google ® sobre, buscar informacion en Internet sobre

Google® [ˈguːgɒl]
nGoogle®
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.

Google يبحث على موقع جوجل® Google google googeln κάνω αναζήτηση στο Google® buscar en Google googlettaa chercher sur Google Google cercare con Google® グーグル®で調べる 구글 Googlen® google Google® pesquisar usando o Google искать в Интернете с помощью Гугла googla หาข้อมูลบนอินเทอร์เน็ต Google tìm trên mạng Google 谷歌


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