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google

verb
verb
BrE BrE//ˈɡuːɡl//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈɡuːɡl//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they google
BrE BrE//ˈɡuːɡl//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈɡuːɡl//
 he / she / it googles
BrE BrE//ˈɡuːɡlz//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈɡuːɡlz//
 past simple googled
BrE BrE//ˈɡuːɡld//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈɡuːɡld//
 past participle googled
BrE BrE//ˈɡuːɡld//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈɡuːɡld//
 -ing form googling
BrE BrE//ˈɡuːɡlɪŋ//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈɡuːɡlɪŋ//
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[transitive, intransitive] google (somebody/something) (computing) to type words into the search engine Google® in order to find information about somebody/something You can google someone you've recently met to see what information is available about them on the Internet. I tried googling but couldn't find anything relevant. Wordfinderwebaccess, blog, browse, chat, google, navigate, search engine, unsubscribe, visit, the Web See related entries: Using the Internet Word Origin1990s: from Google, the proprietary name of a popular Internet search engine.
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