seek
Pronunciation: /ˈsiːk/
The English word “seek” has 9 meanings listed here.
verb
- To try to find; to look for; to search for.
- To try to acquire or gain; to strive after.
- To try to reach or come to (a location).
- To attempt, to try [with infinitive ‘to do something’].
- To ask for; to solicit.
- To go, to move, to travel (in a given direction).
- To move to a specified location (particularly of a disk drive or similar device).
- To navigate through a data stream.
noun
Etymology
From Middle English seke, seken, from Old English sēċan, sēċean, sœ̄ċan, from Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (“to seek”), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti (“to seek out”), from *seh₂g- (“to follow, trace”). Cognates Cognate with Yola zeek (“to seek”), North Frisian schük, sjuk, säke (“to search, seek”), Saterland Frisian säike (“to search, seek”), West Frisian…
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