seek
try to get or reach
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,220 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 14,928 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- try to get or reach seek a positionseek an education
- try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of also: search, look for The police are searching for cluesThey are searching for the missing man in the entire county
- make an effort or attempt also: try, attempt, essay, assay He tried to shake off his fearsThe infant had essayed a few wobbly steps
- go to or towards a liquid seeks its own level
- inquire for seek directions from a local
noun
- the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
seek in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Perhaps she did not seek it--perhaps she dared not.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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When bowed with grief, Go seek relief Of God, our Lord above.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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He had no money, therefore, and so he turned away to seek hospitality elsewhere.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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Her father, soon tired of his lonely fireside, commenced to seek away from home some diversion from his sorrow.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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It was, indeed, a morning that might have made anyone happy, even with no Golden River to seek for.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1