What does seek mean?
Definitions for seek
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Princeton's WordNet
seekverb
the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
seekverb
try to get or reach
"seek a position"; "seek an education"; "seek happiness"
search, seek, look forverb
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"
try, seek, attempt, essay, assayverb
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"
seekverb
go to or towards
"a liquid seeks its own level"
seekverb
inquire for
"seek directions from a local"
Wiktionary
seekverb
To try to find, to look for, to search.
I seek wisdom.
seekverb
To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
seekverb
To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.
seekverb
To go, move, travel (in a given direction).
Etymology: From seken (also sechen), from secan, with influence from sœkja, whence the hard /k/ sound (compare beseech); both from sōkijanan.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Seek
An adverbial mode of speech. At a loss; without measures, knowledge, or experience.
Being brought and transferred from other services abroad, though they be of good experience in those, yet in these they will be new to seek; and before they have gathered experience, they shall buy it with great loss to his majesty. Edmund Spenser.
Unpractis’d, unprepar’d, and still to seek. John Milton.
But they misplace them all;
And are as much to seek in other things,
As he that only can design a tree,
Would be to draw a shipwreck. Wentworth Dillon.To SEEKverb
pret. I sought; part. pass. sought.
Etymology: secan , Sax. soecken, Dutch.
He did range the town to seek me out. William Shakespeare.
I have a venturous fairy, that shall seek
The squirrel’s hoard, and fetch thee thence new nuts. William Shakespeare.Because of the money returned in our sacks, are we brought in, that he may seek occasion against us, and take us for bondmen. Gen. xliii. 18.
He seeketh unto him a cunning workman, to prepare a graven image. Is. xl. 20.
Seek thee a man which may go with thee. Tob. v. 3.
The king meant not to seek out nor to decline fighting with them, if they put themselves in his way. Edward Hyde.
Sweet peace, where do’st thou dwell?
I humbly crave,
Let me once know;
I sought thee in a secret cave,
And ask’d if peace were there. George Herbert.So fatal ’twas to seek temptations out!
Most confidence has still most cause to doubt. Dryden.We must seek out some other original of power for the government of politicks than this of Adam, or else there will be none at all in the world. John Locke.
Others tempting him, sought of him a sign. Lu. xi. 16.
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. Ps. civ. 21.
God hath bid dwell far off all anxious cares,
And not molest us, unless we ourselves
Seek them with wandering thoughts. John Milton.Oft our alliance other lands desir’d,
And what we seek of you, of us requir’d. Dryden.Let us seek death, or, he not found, supply
His office. John Milton.Dardanus, though born
On Latian plains, yet sought the Phrygian shore. Dryden.Like fury seiz’d the rest; the progress known,
All seek the mountains, and forsake the town. Dryden.Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains,
Within these walls inglorious silence reigns. Alexander Pope.Indulge one labour more,
And seek Atrides on the Spartan shore. Alexander Pope.I had a son,
Now outlaw’d from my blood; he sought my life. William Shakespeare.David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life. 1 Sa. xxiii.
To Seekverb
Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. Is. xxxiv.
Why should he mean me ill, or seek to harm? John Milton.
Ask not what pains, nor further seek to know
Their process, or the forms of law below. Dryden.I have been forced to relinquish that opinion, and have endeavoured to seek after some better reason. Joseph Addison, Spectat.
Violent men have sought after my soul. Ps. lxxxvi. 14.
If thy brother’s ox or sheep go astray, it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it. Deut. xxii. 2.
All the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom. 1 K.
Unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come. Deutr. xii. 5.
Being a man of experience, he wished by wisdom to order that which the young prince sought for by war. Richard Knolles.
ChatGPT
seek
Seek generally means to attempt to find, to search or look for, or to try to achieve or obtain something. It involves taking actions or efforts towards locating, gaining, or accomplishing something. It can also refer to asking for or requesting guidance or help.
Webster Dictionary
Seekadjective
sick
Seekverb
to go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find
Seekverb
to inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech
Seekverb
to try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life
Seekverb
to try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to
Seekverb
to make search or inquiry: to endeavor to make discovery
Etymology: [OE. seken, AS. scan, scean; akin to OS. skian, LG. sken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. saekja, Sw. ska, Dan. sge, Goth. skjan, and E. sake. Cf. Beseech, Ransack, Sagacious, Sake, Soc.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Seek
sēk, v.t. to go in search of: to look for: to try to find or gain: to ask for: to solicit: to pursue: to consult.—v.i. to make search or inquiry: to try: to use solicitation: (B.) to resort to:—pa.t. and pa.p. sought.—ns. Seek′er, an inquirer: one of a sect in the time of Cromwell: (anat.) tracer; Seek′-no-far′ther, a reddish winter apple; Seek′-sorr′ow (obs.), a self-tormentor.—Sought after, in demand, desired; To seek, to be sought: at a loss, without knowledge or resources, helpless. [A.S. sécan; cf. Dut. zoeken, Ger. suchen.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SEEK
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Seek is ranked #33645 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Seek surname appeared 677 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Seek.
88.9% or 602 total occurrences were White.
4.7% or 32 total occurrences were of two or more races.
2.5% or 17 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.6% or 11 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
1.3% or 9 total occurrences were Asian.
0.8% or 6 total occurrences were Black.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'seek' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1910
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'seek' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2564
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'seek' in Verbs Frequency: #134
Anagrams for seek »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of seek in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of seek in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of seek in a Sentence
There are no easy gains to make, companies must deliver on the earnings front, the Greek crisis is still unresolved and there is political instability in Spain. Against this uncertain backdrop, investors should be opportunistic and seek to buy on the dips and sell during the moments of euphoria.
Today’s ruling enjoining the Texas law is a victory for women in Texas and for the rule of law. It is the foremost responsibility of the Department of Justice to defend the Constitution. We will continue to protect constitutional rights against all who would seek to undermine them.
If his own family and blood are trying to deal with it and be positive about it, and go another route to seek justice, then why are you out here tearing up your community? because when youre finished and turn around and want to go buy something, you done tore it up. So now you messed up your own living arrangements. So just relax. Justice will be served.
I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of logic, and who will seek beneath the footsteps of my commas the lice of my thought in the head of my style.
If the Libra is aspiring to be used globally, countries must seek a globally coordinated response, this is not something that can be discussed among G7 central banks alone.
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- soekAfrikaans
- بحثArabic
- aramaq, axtarmaqAzerbaijani
- шукацьBelarusian
- тараша, търсяBulgarian
- খোঁজাBengali
- hledatCzech
- søgeDanish
- suchenGerman
- ζητώGreek
- serĉiEsperanto
- buscarSpanish
- otsimaEstonian
- جستجو کردن, جستنPersian
- etsiäFinnish
- søkjaFaroese
- chercherFrench
- sykjeWestern Frisian
- sir, iarr, lorgScottish Gaelic
- חיפשHebrew
- ढूँढना, ढूँढ़ना, खोजनाHindi
- keres, kutatHungarian
- փնտրելArmenian
- cariIndonesian
- leitaIcelandic
- cercare, ricercareItalian
- 探す, 探し回るJapanese
- ძებნაGeorgian
- ស្វែងរកKhmer
- 추구, 찾다Korean
- quaerereLatin
- ຫາLao
- ieškotiLithuanian
- meklētLatvian
- бара, трагаMacedonian
- mencariMalay
- ရှာBurmese
- zoeken, nastrevenDutch
- lete, søkeNorwegian
- szukać, poszukiwaćPolish
- procurarPortuguese
- căutaRomanian
- [[пытаться]] [[найти]], разыскивать, искатьRussian
- тра́жити, trážitiSerbo-Croatian
- hľadaťSlovak
- iskatiSlovene
- kërkojAlbanian
- leta, sökaSwedish
- ҷустуҷӯ карданTajik
- มองหาThai
- agtarmakTurkmen
- aramak, bulmaya calismakTurkish
- шукатиUkrainian
- ڈھونڈھناUrdu
- axtarmoq, qidirmoqUzbek
- tìm, tìm kiếmVietnamese
- cweriWalloon
- זוכןYiddish
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