Word variants

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Wildcards

Wildcards (such as *, ?) are helpful to find word variants

[ * ] replaces 0 or more characters, e.g. at the end of a word (patent* = patent, patents, patentable, patented)

[ ? ] replaces 0 or 1 character and can be used to search with both British and American word forms (organi?ation = organisation, organization)

combinations are also possible (wom?n* = woman, women, women’s and womanhood)

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Please note: wildcards do not work well in Basic Search

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* substitutes for 0, 1 or more characters

child*

Can be used at the end of a search term

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* can also be used within a word

behavio*r

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? Substitutes for 0, 1 or more characters

Wildcards can also be used in combination

wom?n*

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