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seek

  [seek] verb, sought, seek⋅ing.
Use seek in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
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 fol. 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)
8. to make inquiry.
—Idiom
9. be sought after, to be desired or in demand: Graduates in the physical sciences are most sought after by employers these days.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME seken, OE sēcan; c. G suchen, ON sœkja, Goth sōkjan; akin to L sāgīre to perceive by scent (see presage, sagacity ); cf. beseech

Synonyms:
3. pursue, follow.
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seek   (sēk)   
v.   sought (sôt), seek·ing, seeks

v.   tr.
  1. To try to locate or discover; search for.
  2. To endeavor to obtain or reach: seek a college education.
  3. To go to or toward: Water seeks its own level.
  4. To inquire for; request: seek directions from a police officer.
  5. To try; endeavor: seek to do good.
  6. Obsolete To explore.
v.   intr.
To make a search or investigation: Seek and you will find.

[Middle English sechen, seken, from Old English sēcan; see sāg- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Seek

Seek\, a. Sick. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Seek

Seek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sought; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeking.] [OE, seken, AS. s?can, s?cean; akin to OS. s?kian, LG. s["o]ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. s?kja, Sw. s["o]ka, Dan. s["o]ge, Goth. s?kjan, 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

Seek\, v. i. 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.
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Language Translation for : seek
Spanish: buscar,
German: suchen,
Japanese: 求める
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seek 
O.E. secan "visit, inquire, pursue," influenced by O.N. soekja, both from P.Gmc. *sokjanan (cf. O.S. sokian, O.Fris. seka, M.Du. soekan, O.H.G. suohhan, Ger. suchen, Goth. sokjan), from PIE *sag- "to track down, to trace" (cf. L. sagire "to perceive quickly or keenly," sagus "presaging, predicting," O.Ir. saigim "seek"). The modern form of the word as uninfluenced by O.N. is in beseech. The religious sect of the Seekers is attested from 1645.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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seek
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)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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seek

see play hide and seek.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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