English > seek: 6 senses > verb 2, contact| Meaning | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Model | The banks seek the check; They seek the water; Sam cannot seek Sue |
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| Synonyms | search, look for |
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| Narrower | browse, surf | look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular |
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| divine | search by divining, as if with a rod |
| dredge, drag | search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost |
| feel | grope or feel in search of something |
| finger | search for on the computer |
| fish, angle | seek indirectly |
| gather | look for (food) in nature |
| grope, fumble | Feel about uncertainly or blindly |
| grub | search about busily |
| hunt | seek, search for |
| leave no stone unturned | search thoroughly and exhaustively |
| quest for, go after, quest after, pursue | go in search / search / search of or hunt for |
| scour | Examine minutely |
| seek out | look for a specific person or thing |
| shop, browse | shop around |
| want | hunt or look for |
| Spanish | buscar, explorar, procurar, registrar |
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| Catalan | buscar, cercar, escorcollar, registrar |
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| Participle | sought | that is looked for |
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| Nouns | seeking | the act of searching / searching for something |
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English > seek: 6 senses > verb 3, social| Meaning | make an effort or attempt. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
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| Model | They seek to move |
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| Example | "She always seeks to do good in the world" |
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| Synonyms | try, attempt, essay, assay |
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| Entailed by | succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods | attain success or reach a desired goal / goal |
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| Narrower | endeavor, endeavour, strive | attempt by employing effort |
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| fight, struggle | make a strenuous or labored effort |
| gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance | Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome |
| give it a whirl, give it a try | try |
| grope | Search blindly or uncertainly |
| have a go, give it a try | make an attempt at something |
| risk, put on the line, lay on the line | expose to a chance of loss or damage |
| take a dare, pick up the gauntlet | Be dared to do something and attempt it |
| Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
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| Spanish | buscar, ensayar, intentar, pretender, probar, tratar |
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| Catalan | buscar, intentar |
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