What does sought mean?

Definitions for sought
sɔtsought

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. soughtadjective

    that is looked for

    "the long sought relatives"

  2. sought, sought-after(a)adjective

    being searched for

    "the most sought-after item was the silver candelabrum"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Soughtthe preterite and participle pass. of seek.

    I am sought of them that asked not for me: I am found of them that sought me not. Isa. lxv. 1.

    The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. Psal. cxi. 2.

ChatGPT

  1. sought

    Sought is the past tense and past participle of the verb "seek." It refers to something that was actively tried to be found, obtained, or achieved. It suggests a deliberate search or pursuit of something desired or needed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sought

    of Seek

  2. Sought

    imp. & p. p. of Seek

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Sought

    sawt, pa.t. and pa.p. of seek.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'sought' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1901

Anagrams for sought »

  1. oughts

  2. toughs

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sought in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sought in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of sought in a Sentence

  1. Kristen Clarke:

    The white supremacist movement has sought to re-brand itself and become more palatable to broader audiences, instead of white supremacy, they say white nationalism.Instead of hiding behind masks, they hide behind computer screens.

  2. Matsuo Basho:

    Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought.

  3. Antony Blinken:

    Russia has sought as its principal aim to totally subjugate Ukraine, to take away its sovereignty, to take away its independence -- that has failed, it has sought to assert the power of its military and its economy. We, of course, are seeing just the opposite, a military that is dramatically underperforming and an economy... as a result of sanctions that is in shambles.

  4. Jeff Sessions:

    The executive branch, through DACA, deliberately sought to achieve what the legislative branch specifically refused to authorize on multiple occasions.

  5. Dave Raymond:

    The state initiatives have really had a chilling effect on companies which otherwise would have sought involvement on these projects, while these companies, generally speaking, think these state initiatives are grossly unfair, they are not going to presumably risk their standing in those states by getting involved in these projects.

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