seek
to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
to try to find or discover by searching or questioning: to seek the solution to a problem.
to try to obtain: to seek fame.
to try or attempt (usually followed by an infinitive): to seek to convince a person.
to go to: to seek a place to rest.
to ask for; request: to seek advice.
Archaic. to search or explore.
to make inquiry.
Idioms about seek
be sought after, to be desired or in demand: Graduates in the physical sciences are most sought after by employers these days.
Origin of seek
1Other words for seek
Other words from seek
- outseek, verb (used with object), out·sought, out·seek·ing.
- re·seek, verb (used with object), re·sought, re·seek·ing.
- un·seek·ing, adjective
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How to use seek in a sentence
The Millennial Action Project (MAP) seeks to engage young people in politics and give them more of a voice in governing.
Sullivan has by then moved in to help and he seeks to complete the arrest of the first man.
A classroom experiment seeks to demonstrate what it looks like.
Hana seeks refuge from the buzzing lights of Otome Road in a nearby café and makes another swirl with her straw.
Krampus makes manifest the shadow sides of human nature that Christianity seeks to repress.
It seeks the shortest phrase or sentence and adds successively all the modifiers, making no omissions.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)And having nothing in their minds which seeks utterance, they remain quiet.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)No, poor thing, I fear she has anxieties of her own just now, she seeks solitude a good deal.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsOccasionally a clique seeks to get control of a corporation by the issue of new stock and taking it among themselves.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesWhen the question comes before a court, it seeks after the intention of the parties, and is guided by it when ascertained.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bolles
British Dictionary definitions for seek
/ (siːk) /
(when 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
Origin of seek
1Derived forms of seek
- seeker, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with seek
see play hide and seek.
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