seek

[seek] /sik/
verb (used with object), sought, seeking.
1.
to go in search or quest of:
to seek the truth.
2.
to try to find or discover by searching or questioning:
to seek the solution to a problem.
3.
to try to obtain:
to seek fame.
4.
to try or attempt (usually followed by an infinitive):
to seek to convince a person.
5.
to go to:
to seek a place to rest.
6.
to ask for; request:
to seek advice.
7.
Archaic. to search or explore.
verb (used without object), sought, seeking.
8.
to make inquiry.
Idioms
9.
be sought after, to be desired or in demand:
Graduates in the physical sciences are most sought after by employers these days.
Origin
before 900; Middle English seken, Old English sēcan; cognate with German suchen, Old Norse sœkja, Gothic sōkjan; akin to Latin sāgīre to perceive by scent (see presage, sagacity); cf. beseech
Related forms
outseek, verb (used with object), outsought, outseeking.
reseek, verb (used with object), resought, reseeking.
unseeking, adjective
Synonyms
3. pursue, follow.
Examples from the web for seek
  • And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
  • More students seek counseling and take psychiatric medication.
  • Campus counseling services are telling too many students with high-risk problems to seek help elsewhere.
  • We seek to hire an animal ecophysiologist with a strong evolution background.
  • We seek an energetic scholar with leadership potential and program development experience.
  • It is ethically wrong to cash in on and seek profit from it--period.
  • We seek candidates who are dedicated to both publishing and teaching.
  • We seek innovative scholars and educators who value student-centered, interdisciplinary, community-based learning.
  • Progressives did not merely seek to use government as an instrument of reform.
  • Noble gentlemen seek harmony but aren't afraid of diversity.
British Dictionary definitions for seek

seek

/siːk/
verb (mainly transitive) seeks, seeking, sought
1.
when intr, often foll by for or after. to try to find by searching; look for: to seek a solution
2.
(also intransitive) to try to obtain or acquire: to seek happiness
3.
to attempt (to do something); try: I'm only seeking to help
4.
(also intransitive) to enquire about or request (something): to seek help
5.
to go or resort to: to seek the garden for peace
6.
an archaic word for explore
Derived Forms
seeker, noun
Word Origin
Old English sēcan; related to Old Norse sōkja, Gothic sōkjan, Old High German suohhen, Latin sāgīre to perceive by scent; see beseech
Word Origin and History for seek
v.

Old English secan "inquire, search for; pursue; long for, wish for, desire; look for, expect from," influenced by Old Norse soekja, both from Proto-Germanic *sokjan (cf. Old Saxon sokian, Old Frisian seka, Middle Dutch soekan, Old High German suohhan, German suchen, Gothic sokjan), from PIE *sag-yo-, from root *sag- "to track down, seek out" (cf. Latin sagire "to perceive quickly or keenly," sagus "presaging, predicting," Old Irish saigim "seek"). The natural modern form of the Anglo-Saxon word as uninfluenced by Norse is in beseech. Related: Sought; seeking.

seek in Technology


1. To move the head of a disk drive radially, i.e., to move from one track to another.
2. To wind the tape to a given location.
3. To move the pointer that marks the next byte to be read from or written to a file.
(1997-07-15)

Idioms and Phrases with seek

seek

see: play hide and seek