Meaning of seek | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To try to find; to look for; to search for.
   ambitransitive
2. To ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
   transitive
3. To make a search or investigation: Seek and you will find.
4. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.
   transitive
5. wanted; asked for. This book is much sought after; a much sought-after book. gesogte مَطْلوب много търсен procurado vyhledávaný begehrt efterspurgt περιζήτητοςbuscado nõutud طلب كردن kysytty très recherché מבוקש लोकप्रिय tražen keresett menginginkan eftirsóttur richiesto, ricercato 人気がある 수요가 있는, 인기 있는 populiarus, graibstomas meklēts; pieprasīts dicari-cari gezocht ettertraktet/-spurt poszukiwany خواست كول procurado căutat, cerut популярный vyhľadávaný iskan tražen eftersökt, efterfrågad เป็นท...
6. To go, move, travel (in a given direction).
   intransitive, obsolete
7. To try to locate or discover; search for: animals seeking prey.
8. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
   transitive
9. To endeavor to obtain or reach: seek a college education.
10. To attempt, endeavour, try
    intransitive, proscribed, sometimes
11. To go to or toward: Water seeks its own level.
12. To navigate through a data stream.
    intransitive
13. To inquire for; request: seek directions from a police officer.
14. To try; endeavor: seek to do good.
15. (when: intr, often foll by for or after) to try to find by searching; look for: to seek a solution.
16. (also intr) to try to obtain or acquire: to seek happiness.
    also intr
17. to attempt (to do something); try: I'm only seeking to help.

Equivalents

Examples

“I seek wisdom.”

“Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.”

“I seek forgiveness through repentance.”

“Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign.”

““My, my! It is indeed a long way yet, look you!” said the pleasant woman of whom I sought directions.”

“I sought my fortune on the goldfields.”

“But persecution sought the lives of men of this character.”

“I can no longer seek fame or glory, nor can I help trying to get rid of my riches, which separate me from my fellow-creatures.”

“Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.[…]She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.”

“Ryght so he sought[…]towarde Sandewyche where he founde before hym many galyard knyghtes”

“When the alarm went off I sought the exit in a panic.”

“Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.”

“Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains”

“Our company does not seek to limit its employees from using the internet or engaging in social networking.”

“Most of the changes made to this control are to accommodate the various constraints that playback of streaming media may impose in broadcast streams, such as the inability to seek through the media.”

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