Definitions for sought
sɔtsought

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.4 / 5 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. Sought

   of Seek

2. Sought

   imp. & p. p. of Seek

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

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

How to pronounce sought?

1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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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. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   The truth, the hope of any time, must always be sought in minorities.

2. Mike Pompeo:

   What we objected to was the demands that were put that deeply violate fundamental principles of the separation of powers, they contacted State Department employees directly and told them not to contact legal counsel at State Department. Lawmakers from theForeign Affairs, Intelligence and Oversight committees moved forward with testimony from their first key witness Thursday --- former U.S. envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker, who resigned last week after receiving word his name had surfaced in the whistleblower complaint. Text messages released by Kurt Volker to Congress show U.S. officials involved with Ukraine arguing internally last month over whether Trump was engaged in a quid pro quo. Fox News on Friday also obtained Kurt Volker prepared testimony, in whichhe details Kurt Volker interactions with Rudy Giuliani lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who was probing whether Burisma had sought to garner influence with Joe Biden by paying high fees to Joe Biden son. A memorandum of the July 25 call between Rudy Giuliani and Zelensky released last month showed that while Rudy Giuliani sought a Ukrainian probe into the Joe Biden family, Rudy Giuliani did not explicitly use the $ 400 million in military aid as leverage. Trumptweeted Thursday that Rudy Giuliani had an.

3. Andy Stone:

   Creating a positive environment on our services is not just better for people, it's also better for our business. That's why we've designed our algorithms to limit clickbait and sensationalist content, which turns people away, it's also why we've done more than any other internet company to combat harmful content, including limiting content that sought to delegitimize the outcome of the election, both before and after January 6. We banned hundreds of militarized social movements, took down tens of thousands of QAnon pages, groups, and accounts from our apps, removed the original #StopTheSteal Group, labeled candidates' posts that sought to prematurely declare victory, and suspended former President Trump from our platform for at least two years.

4. Christopher Lee:

   The decision regarding which penalty will be sought will be made after a full review of the facts and evidence in the case.

5. Roger Stone:

   > Washington( CNN) In one of the most anticipated congressional hearings in -- at least -- a generation, Michael Cohens spent better than six hours answering questions from members of Committee Democrats about the decade he spent working for Donald Trump.Much of the hearing was simply partisan jousting. Committee Democrats sought to tease out details of Trump's role in hush money payments made to two women alleging affairs with Ivanka Trump in the mid-2000s, and how long conversations about the Trump Tower Moscow project continued into the 2016 general election campaign. Republicans sought to remind people that Cohen was a liar, having already pleaded guilty to lying to Congress, and was likely to write a book about his experiences. ( I'm still not sure what that second point has to do with anything, but that's what they focused on !) Amid all of the yelling and partisanship, however, we did learn some things from Cohen. And he confirmed some other things. My list is below.1. Cohen said Ivanka Trump spoke with Roger Stone about WikiLeaksSaid Cohen in Ivanka Trump opening statement :.

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