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SEEK
seek
(noun) the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
seek
(verb) inquire for; “seek directions from a local”
search, seek, look for
(verb) try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; “The police are searching for clues”; “They are searching for the missing man in the entire county”
seek
(verb) go to or towards; “a liquid seeks its own level”
seek
(verb) try to get or reach; “seek a position”; “seek an education”; “seek happiness”
try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
(verb) make an effort or attempt; “He tried to shake off his fears”; “The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps”; “The police attempted to stop the thief”; “He sought to improve himself”; “She always seeks to do good in the world”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
seek (third-person singular simple present seeks, present participle seeking, simple past and past participle sought)
(ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.
(transitive) To ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
(transitive) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.
(intransitive, obsolete) To go, move, travel (in a given direction).
(transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
(intransitive) To attempt, endeavour, try
(intransitive, computing) To navigate through a stream.
Synonym: scrub
Synonyms
• look for
• search
Noun
seek (plural seeks)
(computing) The operation of navigating through a stream.
Anagrams
• eeks, ekes, kees, seke, skee
Source: Wiktionary
Seek, a.
Definition: Sick. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Seek, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sought; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeking.] Etym: [OE, seken, AS. s, s; akin to OS. s, LG. söken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. s, Sw. söka, Dan. söge, Goth. s, and E. sake. Cf. Beseech, Ransack, Sagacious, Sake, Soc.]
1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find. The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou And he said, I seek my brethren. Gen. xxxvii. 15,16.
2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech. Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. Luke xi. 16.
3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. Amos v. 5. Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains. Pope.
Seek, v. i.
Definition: To make search or inquiry: to endeavor to make discovery. Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. Isa. xxxiv. 16. To seek, needing to seek or search; hence, unpreparated. "Unpracticed, unpreparated, and still to seek." Milton. [Obs] -- To seek after, to make pursuit of; to attempt to find or take.
– To seek for, to endeavor to find.
– To seek to, to apply to; to resort to; to court. [Obs.] "All the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom." 1. Kings x. 24.
– To seek upon, to make strict inquiry after; to follow up; to persecute. [Obs.] To seek Upon a man and do his soul unrest. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
22 November 2024
SHEET
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
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