Nearby Words
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 followed by an infinitive): to seek to convince a person.
5.
EXPANDto go to: to seek a place to rest.
verb (used without object)
8.
to make inquiry.
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Seeking
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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); compare beseech
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); compare beseech
Related forms
out·seek, verb (used with object), -sought, -seek·ing.
re·seek, verb (used with object), -sought, -seek·ing.
un·seek·ing, adjective
Synonyms
3. pursue, follow.
3. pursue, follow.
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Word Origin & History
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,"
EXPANDO.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.
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