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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
The company was named for a misspelling of googol, or one followed by a hundred zeros, alluding to the site's purpose of providing easy access to vast amounts of information.
Pronunciation [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
- a particular Internet company
- (computing) a search engine that popularized the company of the same name
- a service mark owned by Google, Inc.
Verb [edit]
Google (third-person singular simple present Googles, present participle Googling, simple past and past participle Googled)
- (transitive) to conduct a search using Google (or other Internet search engine, rarely)
- (transitive) to research or investigate using Google
- She Googled everyone she dated as soon as possible.
- (intransitive) to search using Google
Usage notes [edit]
This term may have trademark status.
Derived terms [edit]
terms derived from Google
Translations [edit]
Google (in other scripts, the trademark may also be written in Roman letters)
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