Definitions for seeking
seek·ing

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

1. quest, seekingnoun

   the act of searching for something

   "a quest for diamonds"

2. seekingnoun

   an attempt to acquire or gain something

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. seekingnoun

   action of the verb to seek

2. seekingadjective

   that seeks something specified

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

1. Seeking

   of Seek

Matched Categories

1. • Attempt
   • Search

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. Ken Paxton:

   The president’s revised immigration order is constitutional, lawful, addresses the 9thCircuit’s concerns and is a vital step in securing our borders, a temporary pause in the national refugee program will give the government time to review and determine how we can improve the screening process for foreign nationals seeking to enter the U.S. from six countries designated as ‘countries of concern’.

2. Sally Langston:

   America’s truth seeking freedom missiles are squarely locked on their target, you, Mr. President, I see you sir.

3. Cornel West:

   I am honored to return back home to Union, to a place with brilliant faculty and moral tenacity and that provides an opportunity to continue to work with students who are eager to put their faith into practice while striving for justice and seeking of truth.

4. Anuj Somany:

   A company, which asks the job-seeking candidates to give it in writing a road-map as how they are going to make it grow as a condition or clause for their hiring, is most likely making a great financial loss and most probably its boss is seriously contemplating only to close down that particular business on gross.

5. Mike Pompeo:

   Our leaders made commitments at the Singapore Summit on the complete denuclearization of North Korea and outlined what a transformed US-DPRK relationship could look like, since the summit, the consultations have continued. On this trip I'm seeking to fill in some details on those commitments and continue the momentum towards implementation of what the two leaders promised each other and the world. I expect that the DPRK is ready to do the same.

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