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to use Google, the Internet search engine, to find information on a person or thing: She googled her new boyfriend.
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Goo·gle
(go͞o′gəl) A trademark 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).
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n
(Computer Science) a popular search engine on the internet
vb (without a cap)
1. (Computer Science) to search for (something on the internet) using a search engine
2. (Computer Science) to check (the credentials of someone) by searching for websites containing his or her name
[C20: a play on googol]
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Past participle: googled
Gerund: googling
| Imperative |
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| Present |
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| I google |
| you google |
| he/she/it googles |
| we google |
| you google |
| they google |
| Preterite |
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| I googled |
| you googled |
| he/she/it googled |
| we googled |
| you googled |
| they googled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am googling |
| you are googling |
| he/she/it is googling |
| we are googling |
| you are googling |
| they are googling |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have googled |
| you have googled |
| he/she/it has googled |
| we have googled |
| you have googled |
| they have googled |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was googling |
| you were googling |
| he/she/it was googling |
| we were googling |
| you were googling |
| they were googling |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had googled |
| you had googled |
| he/she/it had googled |
| we had googled |
| you had googled |
| they had googled |
| Future |
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| I will google |
| you will google |
| he/she/it will google |
| we will google |
| you will google |
| they will google |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have googled |
| you will have googled |
| he/she/it will have googled |
| we will have googled |
| you will have googled |
| they will have googled |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be googling |
| you will be googling |
| he/she/it will be googling |
| we will be googling |
| you will be googling |
| they will be googling |
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| I have been googling |
| you have been googling |
| he/she/it has been googling |
| we have been googling |
| you have been googling |
| they have been googling |
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| I will have been googling |
| you will have been googling |
| he/she/it will have been googling |
| we will have been googling |
| you will have been googling |
| they will have been googling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been googling |
| you had been googling |
| he/she/it had been googling |
| we had been googling |
| you had been googling |
| they had been googling |
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| I would google |
| you would google |
| he/she/it would google |
| we would google |
| you would google |
| they would google |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have googled |
| you would have googled |
| he/she/it would have googled |
| we would have googled |
| you would have googled |
| they would have googled |
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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
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Translations
vyhledat
google
googeldama
googlettaagooglata
guglati
cercare con Google® googlare
グーグル®で調べるググる
구글
googelenGooglen®
Google® googlowaćguglaćguglanie
googlagoogling
หาข้อมูลบนอินเตอร์เน็ต
tìm trên mạng Google
A. N → Google ® m
C. VT (= do search on) [+ person] → buscar información or hacer una búsqueda en Google ® sobre, buscar informacion en Internet sobre
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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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