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# google

«google» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large technology company and its search engine, a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

proper noun (Google); verb (google, googles, googled, googling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Google is a large technology company and its search engine, a website used to find information on the internet (a name). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/google/#m1)

2) To google something is to search for it on the internet, especially using Google: «I googled the answer». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/google/#m2)

3) (maths, old) A «googol» (spelled differently) is the number 1 followed by 100 zeros; the company's name was a play on that word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/google/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In computing and online-safety lessons, pupils learn to search well: use good keywords, check that websites are reliable, and know that not everything online is true. In everyday talk, «Just google it» means look it up online. Phrases: «google it», «a Google search», «Google Maps».

### examples

- I googled how tall a giraffe is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/google/#x1)
- Just google it if you don't know. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/google/#x2)
- Mum used Google Maps to find the way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/google/#x3)
- Not everything you find on Google is true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/google/#x4)
- Type your keywords into the search box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/google/#x5)
- She googled pictures of the planets for her project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/google/#x6)

### note

As a company name, write Google with a capital G; the verb «google» is often lower case. Regular verb (googled, googling). «Googol» (the number) is spelled with «-ol». Searching is not the same as checking: compare more than one good source.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «google» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/google/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.