| VERB | possession | seek | try to get or reach / reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | seek, search, look for | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of | |
| social | seek, try, attempt, essay, assay | make an effort or attempt | |
| motion | seek | go to or towards | |
| communication | seek | inquire for | |
| NOUN | event | seek | the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk |
| Sounds | siy'k | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | antique ... wreak: 54 rhymes with iyk... | |
| Meaning | The movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk. | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
| Broader | movement, motion | A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something |
| Meaning | try to get or reach / reach. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Narrower | bid | make a serious effort to attain something |
| quest | make a search (for) | |
| Broader | desire, want | Feel or have a desire for |
| Spanish | buscar, perseguir | |
| Catalan | buscar, cercar, investigar, perseguir, recercar | |
| Nouns | seeking | an attempt to acquire or gain something |
| Meaning | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | The banks seek the check; They seek the water; Sam cannot seek Sue | |
| Synonyms | search, look for | |
| Narrower | browse, surf | look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular |
| 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 | |
| Catalan | buscar, cercar, escorcollar, registrar | |
| Participle | sought | that is looked for |
| Nouns | seeking | the act of searching / searching for something |
| Meaning | go to or towards. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "a liquid seeks its own level" | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Spanish | buscar | |
| Meaning | inquire for. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Example | "seek directions from a local" | |
| Broader | request | inquire for (information) |
| Spanish | buscar | |
| Catalan | buscar | |
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