Meanings
nounsearch term (plural search terms)
plural search terms
- computingThe word or phrase that a user searches for, e.g. in a search engine.
The final number of search terms was 40.
2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 119
Translations
Finnish hakutermi
- hakutermiword or phrase
German Suchbegriff
- Suchbegriffword or phrase
Russian поиско́вый запро́с
- поиско́вый запро́с (poiskóvyj zaprós)word or phrase
Cite this entry
APA
search term. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/search%20term
MLA
“search term.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/search%20term. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “search term,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/search%20term.
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