seek

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To try to find

   To try to find; to look for; to search for.

   • I seek wisdom.
2. 2

   To ask for

   To ask for; to solicit; to beseech.

   • I seek forgiveness through repentance.
   • Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign.
   • “My, my! It is indeed a long way yet, look you!” said the pleasant woman of whom I sought directions.
3. 3

   To try to acquire or gain

   To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.

   • I sought my fortune on the goldfields.
   • But persecution sought the lives of men of this character.
   • I can no longer seek fame or glory, nor can I help trying to get rid of my riches, which separate me from my fellow-creatures.
4. ›+ 7 more definitionsshow fewer

   1. 4

      To go, move, travel (in a given direction).

      • Ryght so he sought[…]towarde Sandewyche where he founde before hym many galyard knyghtes
   2. 5

      To try to reach or come to

      To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.

      • When the alarm went off I sought the exit in a panic.
      • Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
      • Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains
   3. 6

      To attempt, endeavour, try

      • Our company does not seek to limit its employees from using the internet or engaging in social networking.
   4. 7

      To navigate through a data stream.

      • Most of the changes made to this control are to accommodate the various constraints that playback of streaming media may impose in broadcast streams, such as the inability to seek through the media.
   5. 8

      The operation of navigating through a stream.

      • The number of seeks to retrieve a shot […] depends on the location of those frames on physical blocks.
   6. 9

      Obsolete form of Sikh.

   7. 10

      A surname from German.

The neighborhood

• neighborhide and seek
• neighborseeker