Definitions for seeking
seek·ing

Princeton's WordNet(3.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. quest, seeking(noun)

   the act of searching for something

   "a quest for diamonds"

2. seeking(noun)

   an attempt to acquire or gain something

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. seeking(Noun)

   action of the verb to seek

2. seeking(Adjective)

   that seeks something specified

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Seeking

   of Seek

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'seeking' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2227

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'seeking' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2935

How to pronounce seeking?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say seeking in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of seeking in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of seeking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of seeking in a Sentence

1. Emeasoba George:

   A true leader/love ought not to be self-seeking i.e. he/she ought not to be concerned with only his/her own welfare/well-being.

2. Suma Chakrabarti:

   By concentrating on the private sector we are seeking to actively contribute to the reform and recovery of the country’s economy.

3. De Mistura:

   We are seeing movement and we will keep seeking more of it.

4. Seth Berkowitz:

   You have people who are seeking care and seeing what they have, but . . . you’re just not getting people what they need to stay healthy, this is sort of a policy or system-level issue.

5. Barack Obama:

   The callous disregard for Luke’s life is more proof of the depths of AQAP’s depravity, and further reason why the world must never cease in seeking to defeat their evil ideology.

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