Google (verb)

This article is about the verb. For the use of the verb in cricket, see Googly. For other uses, see Google (disambiguation).
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The act of using the Google search engine is known colloquially as googling.

Owing to the dominance of the Google search engine,[1] to google has become a transitive verb.[2] The neologism commonly refers to searching for information on the World Wide Web, typically using the Google search engine.[3] The American Dialect Society chose it as the "most useful word of 2002".[4] It was added to the Oxford English Dictionary on June 15, 2006,[5] and to the eleventh edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary in July 2006.[6]

  1. ^ Burns, Enid (June 19, 2007). "Top 10 Search Providers, April 2007". SearchEngineWatch.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2007. Retrieved August 11, 2007.
  2. ^ "Google - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary". Merriam-webster.com. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
  3. ^ "How Google Became a Verb". The Lingua File - The Language Blog. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  4. ^ "2002 Words of the Year". American Dialect Society. January 13, 2003. Retrieved August 11, 2007.
  5. ^ Bylund, Anders (July 5, 2006). "To Google or Not to Google". The Motley Fool. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  6. ^ Harris, Scott D. (July 7, 2006). "Dictionary adds verb: to google". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on February 6, 2007. Retrieved July 7, 2006.