seek (siːk
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: seeks, seeking, sought
(mainly tr) - intr, often foll by for or after to try to find by searching; look for ⇒
to seek a solution
- (also intr) to try to obtain or acquire ⇒
to seek happiness
- to attempt (to do something); try ⇒
I'm only seeking to help
- (also intr) to enquire about or request (something) ⇒
to seek help
- to go or resort to ⇒
to seek the garden for peace
- an archaic word for explore
Alternative Forms
ˈseeker nounWord Origin
Old English sēcan; related to Old Norse sōkja, Gothic sōkjan, Old High German suohhen, Latin sāgīre to perceive by scent; see beseechQuotations
"Seek, and ye shall find"
Bible: St. Matthew
Translations
- British English:
seek
If you seek something, you try to find it or obtain it.She decided she would seek work.siːk VERB She decided she would seek work.
- Spanish:
buscar
v
- French:
chercher
vt
- German:
suchen
v
- Chinese: 寻求 v
- Arabic: يَبْحَثُ عَنْ v
- Portuguese: procurar v
- Russian: искать v
- Croatian: tražiti v
- Czech: hledat v
- Danish: søge v
- Dutch: nastreven v
- Finnish: etsiä v
- Greek: γυρεύω v
- Italian: cercare v
- Japanese: 捜す v
- Korean: 찾다 v
- Norwegian: lete v
- Polish: poszukać v szukać
- Brazilian Portuguese: procurar v
- European Spanish:
buscar
v
- Swedish: sträva efter v
- Thai: หา v
- Turkish: aramak v
- Vietnamese: tìm kiếm v
Usage examples
It might be wise therefore to seek a way to block my genitalia.
, CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)Homebuyers looking for a place in the sun in France should make sure they seek proper legal advice, the Law Society has warned.
Country Life (2004)He said there had been an agreement in Government to seek it.
Irish Times (2002)It is a fundamental breach of human rights to detain people whose only crime is to seek protection from persecution.
Glasgow Herald (2001)They seek the solution to their predicament in the world around them.
, BEYOND FEAR (2002)