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to seek

to seek

190 1.1
Move naturally toward a particular place or state
  • verb
  • /siːk/
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  • Let’s seek out some friendlier skies.

They're just seek higher ground, seek higher, seek higher ground.

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Examples

  • It is in your DNA to seek a place to belong.

  • In the summer, many hikers seek a cool spot by the river.

  • Do you go to seek deep spiritual union?

    Andrew Huberman

  • And so it's going to seek safe haven assets.

  • If you come in contact with the infected, seek medical attention immediately.

    Tina and Lori (2021)

  • The second night saw both sides seek the favour of the gods.

  • It's incumbent on us to seek the good in others.

  • A cultivated attitude that seeks out collaboration with parents and other team members is beneficial.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Visitors demand user-friendly facilities, and entrepreneurs continually seek new ways of attracting and retaining visitors.

    Academic text (1990)

  • We are tribal primates and we are wired to seek the silverback amongst us.

Antonyms

to avoid
∞ 1.0

To stay away from something or not do it to stop something bad from happening

to stay put
  • Informal
133 2.0

Remain in the same place without moving

Phrasal Verbs

to seek out
122 3.0

Look for and find a person or thing, often with effort

to seek help
30 2.0

Ask someone for support when you face a problem

to seek adventure
1 3.7

To look for new, exciting experiences that may be risky

to seek closure
1 7.0

Try to feel better after a painful or upsetting event

Compounds

hide-and-seek
48 1.0

A children's game where one child closes their eyes, counts, then finds the others

hide and go seek
5 1.3

A children's game where one person counts with eyes closed and finds hidden players

seek time
  • Specialized
1 8.1

The time a computer disk's head takes to move to stored data

track-to-track seek time
  • Specialized
7.5

Time a disk read/write head takes to move to the next data track

How Strongly

to seek
190 1.1
to head to
618 1.8
to gravitate
39 5.5
to tend
∞ 1.9
to drift
331 2.9

Surface Forms

seek infinitive
seeking present participle
seeks third person singular
sought past
sought past participle

Etymology

Seek comes from an old English word sēċan meaning 'to go after' or 'to look for', and this idea of going toward something explains this use: if a thing 'seeks' a place or state, it naturally moves or aims there. That's why we say heat, water, or a compass 'seek' a lower place, a balance, or north.