collectivesearch
nounUK /kəˈlɛktɪv sɜːtʃ/
US /kəˈlɛktɪv sɝːtʃ/
A search where many people look for something together.
The class did a collectivesearch to find all the lost books.
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2. A computer tool that gathers results from many sources at once.
The website uses a collectivesearch to show links from several search engines.
3. The act of pooling information from a group to answer a question.
Their collectivesearch helped the community find the missing dog.
4. A shared effort to look through a large amount of data.
Scientists used a collectivesearch to scan the sky for new stars.