seek for — To look for • • • Main Entry: ↑seek … Useful english dictionary
seek for — search for, look for … English contemporary dictionary
Seek — Seek, v. i. To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery. [1913 Webster] Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. Isa. xxxiv. 16. [1913 Webster] {To seek}, needing to seek or search; hence, unprepared. Unpracticed, unprepared,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
seek after — Seek, search for, seek for, look for, look after, try to find, make pursuit of, attempt to find … New dictionary of synonyms
seek — Synonyms and related words: address, aim, angle for, ask for, aspire, be after, be curious, be determined, beat about for, beg, bid for, burn with curiosity, canvass, cast about, chase, chivy, court, delve, delve for, demand, dig, dig around for … Moby Thesaurus
seek — Imi, huli. Also: huhuli, huhuhuli, i imi (of many and repeatedly); akiu, nowelo. ♦ To seek far, imi loa. ♦ To seek money, imi kālā. ♦ To seek work, imi hana. ♦ To seek information or knowledge, noi i, imi ike, imi na auao. ♦… … English-Hawaiian dictionary
seek — I. 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. 3. Solicit, pursue, court, prosecute, follow. 4. Go to, resort to, have recourse to. 5. Aim at, attempt, pursue,… … New dictionary of synonyms
seek — [OE] Seek has several Germanic relatives – German suchen, Swedish söka, Danish søge, etc – which point back to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor *sōkjan. The base from which this was derived, *sōk , went back to an Indo European *sāg , which also… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
seek — [OE] Seek has several Germanic relatives – German suchen, Swedish söka, Danish søge, etc – which point back to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor *sōkjan. The base from which this was derived, *sōk , went back to an Indo European *sāg , which also… … Word origins
seek — W1 [si:k] v past tense and past participle sought [so:t US so:t] [T] [: Old English; Origin: secan] 1.) formal to try to achieve or get something ▪ Do you think the President will seek re election ? seek refuge/asylum/shelter etc ▪ Thousands of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
