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Re: the difference between the words look, find and search?
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Originally Posted by mary joe
what is the difference between the words "look, search and find"?
please give some examples of how to use them in a sentence.
thank you so much!
Max
Look can mean "to glance at" or "to try to find" Search means "to seriously try to find something"...for example you can search for a lost child.
"Find" means that the object of your search has been located.
Now give us a sentence with each word to show you understand this.
the difference between the words look, find and search? 
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