verb · noun
Simple meaning
Search the internet using the Google search engine.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
googuhlSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɡuɡəl
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
verb
Search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine
intransitive
To be locatable in a search of the Internet.
transitiveby extension
To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.
Alternative letter-case form of google.
noun
An Internet search, such as one performed on the Google search engine.
A widely used search engine that uses text-matching techniques to find web pages that are important and relevant to a user's search
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Varies by meaning
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Search the internet (for information) using the Google search engine
Used this way, google is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in technology contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Technology
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use google
- “Tom googles all of his prospective girlfriends.”verb
- “I googled him but there were no references to him on the Internet.”verb
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