seek Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
  2. verb try to get or reach
    • seek a position
    • seek an education
    • seek happiness
  3. verb try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
    look for; search.
    • The police are searching for clues
    • They are searching for the missing man in the entire county
  4. verb make an effort or attempt
    try; attempt; essay; assay.
    • He tried to shake off his fears
    • The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps
    • The police attempted to stop the thief
    • He sought to improve himself
    • She always seeks to do good in the world
  5. verb go to or towards
    • a liquid seeks its own level
  6. verb inquire for
    • seek directions from a local

WordNet

Seek adjective
Definitions
  1. Sick. Obs. Chaucer.
Seek transitive verb
Etymology
OE, seken, AS. scan, scean; akin to OS. skian, LG. söken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. skja, Sw. söka, Dan. söge, Goth. skjan, and E. sake. Cf. Beseech, Ransack, Sagacious, Sake, Soc.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Sought ; present participle & verbal noun Seeking
Definitions
  1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find.
    The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren. Gen. xxxvii. 15,16.
  2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech.
    Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. Luke xi. 16.
  3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
  4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
    Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. Amos v. 5.
    Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains. Pope.
Seek intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make search or inquiry: to endeavor to make discovery.
    Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. Isa. xxxiv. 16.
    To seek Upon a man and do his soul unrest. Chaucer.

Webster 1913