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Seek is defined as to search or look for something.
(verb)An example of seek is to actively be searching through help wanted ads.
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See seek in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb sought, seeking
- to try to find; search for; look for
- to go to; resort to: to seek the woods for peace
- to try to get or find out by asking or searching: to seek the answer to a question
- to request; ask for
- to bend one's efforts toward; aim at; pursue: seeking perfection
- to try; attempt: used with an infinitive: to seek to please someone
- Archaic to explore
Origin: ME seken < OE secan, akin to OS sōkian, Ger suchen, ON sœkja < IE base *sāg-, to track down, trace > L sagire, to scent out, perceive
intransitive verb
- to look for someone or something
- to make a search or investigation: to seek after something
- Archaic to resort (to)
Related Forms:
- seeker noun
See seek in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb sought sought (sôt), seek·ing, seeks verb, transitive
- To try to locate or discover; search for.
- To endeavor to obtain or reach: seek a college education.
- To go to or toward: Water seeks its own level.
- To inquire for; request: seek directions from a police officer.
- To try; endeavor: seek to do good.
- Obsolete To explore.
To make a search or investigation: Seek and you will find.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English sechen, seken
Origin: , from Old English sēcan; see sāg- in Indo-European roots
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