to seek out
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3.0
- phrasal verb
- /siːk aʊt/
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- After moving to a new city, she needed to seek out local friends to feel more at home.
- seek out information
- seek out opportunities
- actively seek out
Well, I'm glad that he did seek out real life experiences
- Well, I'm glad that he did seek out real life experiences
- Dare to dream and seek out other dreamers.
- And so I would seek out ways to do that.
- chooses the information that we seek out. OK,
- And I think they are also seeking out community.
- Insulate yourself with friends and seek out wild places, he said.
- Does it make them go out and seek out music afterwards?
- What if someone has too much pride to seek out a coach that's real?
- So I didn't seek out, you know, Miss Dale Cochran.
- So anyway, I seek out people who are not normal.
- I'm not against seeking out clarity when possible.
- I am not an attorney, so you would want to seek out legal expertise.
- And they, they have visions and they are sought out by ordinary people.
- It means that sometimes you emotionally, you just seek out comfort.
- Some people are then able to mature and seek out what they didn't get.
Examples
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There are a variety of reasons that nontraditional students seek out a higher education.
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I am not an attorney, so you would want to seek out legal expertise.
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And so I would seek out ways to do that.
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So anyway, I seek out people who are not normal.
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And I think they are also seeking out community.
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Teachers should encourage children to seek out the resources necessary to activate effective learning.
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Insulate yourself with friends and seek out wild places, he said.
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Dare to dream and seek out other dreamers.
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To achieve his goal of an enriching college and educational experience, he sought out various learning opportunities.
Academic text (2008) -
A teacher can also actively seek out differences of opinion and encourage dialogue in the classroom.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To try to find someone or something
∞
1.0
To try to find something or someone
∞
1.0
To try to find something or someone by looking carefully
∞
1.0
Try to find or get something you want
∞
3.5
To try to get something you want, like a job or a goal
839
2.1
Try to get something you want or follow someone to catch them
357
1.4
To find information about something in a book, list, or online
212
3.3
To search for someone or something until you find them
190
1.2
To look carefully for something or someone
148
3.9
Search for and find someone or something after a lot of effort
64
5.4
To search for something that is hard to find
57
5.1
To search a place carefully to find someone or something
23
4.4
To find hidden facts or things by careful searching
14
6.3
To move around while looking for something to catch or get
13
6.7
To search carefully to find hidden facts or documents
3
7.2
To look around or think hard to find something you need
1
3.9
To search everywhere for something that is lost
1
5.6
To look in a worried way for an idea or solution
To find something after a careful search
Find something after searching carefully
To go looking for something difficult to find or get
To look for something, often in books or old records
Antonyms
How Determined
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'seek' already means 'to look for', and the particle 'out' here adds a directional/completive nuance (actively locating or finding a specific target), so the overall meaning is transparently built from the constituents. This verb+particle pattern is a regular, predictable compositional construction familiar across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Seek out comes from the simple image of seek meaning to look and out meaning to go away from where you are. Imagine leaving a house and checking every place until you find what you want. So, seek out means 'to look for and find', often with effort.