Seek
[siːk] or [sik]
Definition
(noun.) the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk.
(verb.) inquire for; 'seek directions from a local'.
(verb.) go to or towards; 'a liquid seeks its own level'.
(verb.) try to get or reach; 'seek a position'; 'seek an education'; 'seek happiness'.
Edited by Daniel--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Sick.
(v. t.) To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find.
(v. t.) To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech.
(v. t.) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
(v. t.) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
(v. i.) To make search or inquiry: to endeavor to make discovery.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Search for, seek for, look for, look after, try to find.[2]. Solicit, ask, inquire for, try to get, endeavor to gain.
v. n. [1]. Search, make search, look.[2]. Try, strive, endeavor, attempt.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Search, inquire, pursue, solicit, endeavor, attempt, strive, investigate,trace, prosecute, follow, court, affect
ANT:Ignore, disregard, avoid, shun, elude, pretermit, discard, abandon, relinquish,drop
Editor: Patrick
Definition
v.t. to go in search of: to look for: to try to find or gain: to ask for: to solicit: to pursue: to consult.—v.i. to make search or inquiry: to try: to use solicitation: (B.) to resort to:—pa.t. and pa.p. sought.—ns. Seek′er an inquirer: one of a sect in the time of Cromwell: (anat.) tracer; Seek′-no-far′ther a reddish winter apple; Seek′-sorr′ow (obs.) a self-tormentor.—Sought after in demand desired; To seek to be sought: at a loss without knowledge or resources helpless.
Checker: Shelia
Examples
- And he had not the power, or the will, to seek it out and to know it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Is it my life they seek, to atone for my religion? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The performance over, Selden's first impulse was to seek Miss Bart. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She determined to call upon them and seek safety in numbers. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I have noticed that doctors who fail in the practice of medicine have a tendency to seek one another's company and aid in consultation. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Adrian met them half way; they halted: What, he said, do you seek? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- My guardian did not seek to dissuade me, and I went. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He sought her presence more and more, and at last with a frequency that attested it had become to him an indispensable stimulus. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And the twilight, as she now sought to pierce it, was gradually lighted by a faint spark of reassurance. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- When he did return, he sought out the child and took notice of her. Jane Austen. Emma.
- To earn his bread he sought and found employment on a railway locomotive. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- She ever shunned high-roads, and sought byways and lonely lanes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Pasteur took up the study of anthrax in 1877, verified previous discoveries, and, as we shall see, sought means for the prevention of this pest. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Her theme was their wants, which she sought to supply; their sufferings, which she longed to alleviate. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Its great interest for the history of thought lies in the fact that it is the result of seeking the constant in the variable, the unitary principle in the multiple phenomena of nature. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The doctor-seeking messenger meets the doctor halfway, coming under convoy of police. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- All the unowned dogs who stray into the Inns of Court and pant about staircases and other dry places seeking water give short howls of aggravation. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- These ascetics were all supposed to be seeking some deeper reality in life, and a passionate desire to do likewise took possession of Gautama. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But in music there was nothing which tended to that good which you are now seeking. Plato. The Republic.
- It is seeking, a quest, for something that is not at hand. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- They even have in it a grotto wherein twenty thousand children were slaughtered by Herod when he was seeking the life of the infant Saviour. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was the unhappiness of a fine brain that seeks employment. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With Plato the investigation of nature is another department of knowledge, and in this he seeks to attain only probable conclusions (Timaeus). Plato. The Republic.
- Seeks earnestly to know whether Podsnap 'will rally round him? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I know too well, as his grave figure passes onward, what he seeks, and what he dreads. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It is largely due to the Patent Law, which justly regards the inventor as a public benefactor, and seeks to make for him some protection in the enjoyment of his rights. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Heloise and I, under pretext of study, gave ourselves up wholly to love, and the solitude that love seeks our studies procured for us. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The one seeks violent conquests, the other the relief of humanity. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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