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- [seek]
- /sik/
- /siːk/
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- [seek]
- /sik/
Definitions of seek word
- verb with object seek to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth. 1
- verb with object seek to try to find or discover by searching or questioning: to seek the solution to a problem. 1
- verb with object seek to try to obtain: to seek fame. 1
- verb with object seek to try or attempt (usually followed by an infinitive): to seek to convince a person. 1
- verb with object seek to go to: to seek a place to rest. 1
- verb with object seek to ask for; request: to seek advice. 1
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Origin of seek
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
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); cf. beseech
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Parts of speech for Seek
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
seek popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
seek usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for seek
verb seek
- angle — An angle is the difference in direction between two lines or surfaces. Angles are measured in degrees.
- ask — If you ask someone something, you say something to them in the form of a question because you want to know the answer.
- aspire — If you aspire to something such as an important job, you have a strong desire to achieve it.
- attempt — If you make an attempt to do something, you try to do it, often without success.
Antonyms for seek
verb seek
- avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- give the slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- lay low — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- circumlocute — to speak in a circuitous way
Top questions with seek
- what you seek is seeking you?
- rewarder of those who diligently seek him?
- what does seek means?
- what does it mean to seek god?
- what did the populist party initially seek?
- god rewards those who diligently seek him?
- what does seek mean?
- how to seek god's face?
- why do you seek the living among the dead?
- how to seek god?
- why do people seek revenge?
- how did the fourteen points seek to change the world?
- how to use goal seek in excel?
- why seek ye the living among the dead?
- god rewards those who seek him?