seek
To try to find; to look for; to search for.
Example
“I seek wisdom.”
Other meanings
To ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
“I seek forgiveness through repentance.”
To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.
“I sought my fortune on the goldfields.”
Related words
- reseek
- seekable
- seeksorrow
- aseek
- beseek
- forseek
- foreseek
- seek one's virtuous couch
- hide and go seek
- hide and seek
- misseek
- outseek
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "sēċan".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “seek” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.