collocation · neutral
search the internet
UK/sɜːtʃ ðə ˈɪntənɛt/US/sɝtʃ ði ˈɪntərnɛt/SEARCH·the·IN·ter·net
Band 4-5speakingtask2
look for information on websites or via search engines
Examples
“I searched the internet for tips on writing my IELTS essay.”
“She searched the internet to find the opening hours of the library.”
“Before the presentation, we searched the internet for recent statistics.”
Band 8 sentence
“When researching my dissertation, I regularly search the internet for peer‑reviewed articles.”
Collocations
- search the internet for
- search online for
Word family
search verbsearch nounsearch engine compound noun
Common mistakes
search internet→search the internet
search on internet→search the internet
Say it for a higher band
5use the internet→6look on the internet→7+search the internet
Synonyms
look up
Easily confused
look up
“I looked up the word in an online dictionary.”
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