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 Definitions of seek  [sik]  

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Definition of 'seek' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) seek
to go in search or quest of.

2.  seek
to try to discover, as by studying.

3.  seek
to try to obtain:
to seek fame.

4.  seek
to try or attempt (usu. fol. by an infinitive):
to seek to convince a person.

5.  seek
to ask for; request:
to seek advice.

6.  seek
Archaic. to search or explore.

7. (v.i.) seek
to make inquiry.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME seken, OE sēcan, c. OFris

Definition of 'seek' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) seek
the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk

2. (verb) seek
try to get or reach
"seek a position"; "seek an education"; "seek happiness"

3. (verb) search, seek, look for
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
"The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"

4. (verb) try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
make an effort or attempt
"He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"

5. (verb) seek
go to or towards
"a liquid seeks its own level"

6. (verb) seek
inquire for
"seek directions from a local"


Definition of 'seek' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) seek
to look for
doctors seeking a cure for obesity; Police are seeking witnesses to the murder.

2.  seek
seek to
to try to
a program that seeks to improve math test scores; leaders seeking to resolve a trade dispute


Definition of 'seek' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) seek
sick

2. (verb) seek
to go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find

3. (verb) seek
to inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech

4. (verb) seek
to try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life

5. (verb) seek
to try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to

6. (verb) seek
to make search or inquiry: to endeavor to make discovery


Translation of 'seek' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (sometimes withfor) to try to find, get or achieve
He is seeking (for) an answer; You should seek your lawyer's advice; She's seeking fame in the world of television.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: wil hê Arabic flag Arabic: يَبْحَثُ عَن Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: търся
Brazilian flag Brazilian: buscar Czech flag Czech: (vy)hledat German flag German: suchen
Danish flag Danish: søge Greek flag Greek: ψάχνω για κτ., αναζητώ, ε Spanish flag Spanish: buscar
Estonian flag Estonian: otsima Farsi flag Farsi: جستجو كردن Finnish flag Finnish: etsiä
French flag French: tâcher de Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְחַפֵּש Hindi flag Hindi: ढूंढ़ना
Croatian flag Croatian: tražiti, potražiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: keres Indonesian flag Indonesian: mencari
Icelandic flag Icelandic: leita eftir/að Italian flag Italian: cercare; chiedere Japanese flag Japanese: 求める
Korean flag Korean: 구하다, 추구하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: ieškoti Latvian flag Latvian: meklēt; tiekties; censtie
Malay flag Malay: mencari Dutch flag Dutch: zoeken Norwegian flag Norwegian: søke/lete etter
Polish flag Polish: szukać, poszukiwać Persian flag Persian: جستجو كردن Pashto flag Pashto: لټول، غوښتل، پلټل، هڅه كو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: buscar Romanian flag Romanian: a-şi da silinţa; a căuta Russian flag Russian: искать; просить; добивать
Slovak flag Slovak: (vy)hľadať Slovenian flag Slovenian: iskati Serbian flag Serbian: tragati
Swedish flag Swedish: söka Thai flag Thai: ค้นหา Turkish flag Turkish: aramak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 尋求 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: шукати, розшукувати Urdu flag Urdu: کسی چیز کی جستجو کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tìm, tìm kiếm Chinese flag Chinese: 寻求

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