Seek

Definition: Seek

Seek

Noun

1. (computer science) the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk.

Verb

1. Try to get or reach; "seek a position"; "seek an education"; "seek happiness".

2. Try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county".

3. Make an effort or attempt; "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".

4. Go to or towards; "a liquid seeks its own level".

5. Inquire for; "seek directions from a local".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "seek" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Seek \Seek\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Sought; Seeking.]. (references)

Computing

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Seek

Amusement

Leapfrog, hop skip and jump; mother may I; French and English, tug of war; blindman's bluff, hunt the slopper, hide and seek, kiss in the ring; snapdragon; cross questions and crooked answers.; crisscross, hopscotch; jacks, jackstones, marbles; mumblety-peg, mumble-the-peg, pushball, shinney, shinny, tag;

Avoidance

Lead one a dance, lead one a pretty dance; throw off the scent, play at hide and seek.

Concealment

Be concealed; Verb: suffer an eclipse; retire from sight, couch; hide oneself; lie hid, lie in perdu, lie in close; lie in ambush (ambush); seclude oneself; lurk, sneak, skulk, slink, prowl; steal into, steal out of, steal by, steal along; play at bopeep, play at hide and seek; hide in holes and corners; still hunt.

Deception

Cog, cog the dice, load the dice, stack the deck; live by one's wits, play at hide and seek; obtain money under false pretenses; (steal); conjure, juggle, practice chicanery; deacon.

Dejection

Hypochondriac, seek sorrow, self-tormentor, heautontimorumenos, malade imaginaire, medecin tant pis; croaker, pessimist; mope, mopus.

Inquiry

Verb: make inquiry; Noun: inquire, ask, seek, search.

Seek a clue, seek a clew; hunt, track, trail, mouse, dodge, trace; follow the trail, follow the scent; pursue; beat up one's quarters; fish for; feel for; (experiment).

Inutility

Seek after impossibilities, strive after impossibilities; use vain efforts, labor in vain, roll the stone of Sisyphus, beat the air, lash the waves, battre l'eau avec un baton, donner un coup d'epee dans l'eau, fish in the air, milk the ram, drop a bucket into an empty well, sow the sand; bay the moon; preach to the winds, speak to the winds; whistle jigs to a milestone; kick against the pricks, se battre contre des moulins; lock the stable door when the steed is stolen, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen; (too late);seek after impossibilities, strive after impossibilities; use vain efforts, labor in vain, roll the stone of Sisyphus, beat the air, lash the waves, battre l'eau avec un baton, donner un coup d'epee dans l'eau, fish in the air, milk the ram, drop a bucket into an empty well, sow the sand; bay the moon; preach to the winds, speak to the winds; whistle jigs to a milestone; kick against the pricks, se battre contre des moulins; lock the stable door when the steed is stolen, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen; (too late); hold a farthing candle to the sun; cast pearls before swine; (waste); carry coals to Newcastle; (redundancy); wash a blackamoor white; (impossible).

Offer

Offer oneself, present oneself; volunteer, come forward, be a candidate; stand for, bid for; seek; be at one's service; go a begging; bribe; (give).

Pursuit

Verb: pursue, prosecute, follow; run after, make after, be after, hunt after, prowl after; shadow; carry on; (do); engage in; (undertake); set about; (begin); endeavor; court; (request) seek; (search); aim at; (intention); follow the trail; (trace); fish for; (experiment); press on; (haste); run a race; (velocity).

Refuge

Verb: seek refuge, take refuge, find refuge; Noun: seek safety, find safety; throw oneself into the arms of; break for taller timber.

Request

Bespeak, canvass, tout, make interest, court; seek, bid for; (offer); publish the banns.

Safety

Seek safety; take shelter, find shelter.

Crosswords: Seek

You have serious emotional problems, deep seated problems for which you should seek professional help (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

But look, sir, it couldn't be just an accident that at the very time when Man's resources on Earth are reaching an end, Man develops the ability to leave his own world and seek replenishment on other planets (Conquest of Space; writing credit: Chesley Bonestell; Willy Ley)

Lieutenant, seek life elsewhere (G.I. Jane; writing credit: David Twohy)

Jason, I'm not a doctor yet, but it's my considered opinion you seek psychiatric help (Valentine; writing credit: Donna Powers)

He said we wouldn't get get it. He said we wouldn't get the treasure we seek on account of our ob-stac-les (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; writing credit: Ethan Coen)

And as we seek so shall we find (Run-Around; performing artist: Blues Traveler)

Jane you're playin a game of hide and go seek (Jane; performing artist: Jefferson Starship)

Why do I seek (Come & Talk To Me; performing artist: Jodeci)

Playing hide and seek (MOONCHILD; performing artist: King Crimson)

When we played hide and seek (Girl Next Door; performing artist: Musiq Soulchild)

If At First You Don't Succeed . . . Blame Someone Else And Seek Counseling. (references; author: unknown)

Heist and Seek (1974)

Hide and Seek (1972)

Seek and Thou Shalt Find (1907)

Second Sight II: Hide and Seek (2000)

Hide and Seek (1996)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• We who seek : a collection of articles by Actualism lightworkers (reference)

• Power Points: Your Action Plan to: Hear God's Voice, Believe God's Word, Seek the Father, Submit to Christ, Take Up the Cross, Depend on the Holy s (reference)

• The 2nd New Pencil Pastimes Book of Seek a Word (reference)

• I Seek My Brethren: Ralph Goldman and "The Joint": Rescue, Relief and Reconstruction--The Work of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (reference)

• Seek My Face (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Seek A Word (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Once Upon a Tree - Bionic Beaver/Hide and Seek (Vol. 3) (reference)

• Hide and Seek (reference)

• Blake's 7, Vol. 03 - The Web / Seek, Locate, Destroy (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Seek & You Shall Find: More of the Best (1963-1981) (reference)

• Seek Ye the Lord/The Soul of The Caravans (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Powerpuff Him & Seek (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Hide and Seek Wall Border (reference)

• 2-Pack Receiving Blanket - Carter's JOY - Hide & Seek (reference)

• Crib Sheet - Carter's JOY Hide & Seek (reference)

• Diaper Stacker - Carter's Joy Hide & Seek (reference)

• Valance - Carter's JOY Hide & Seek (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Anopheles franciscanus does not seek out human hosts aggressively, therefore, this species is not an efficient vector for malaria transmission. Credit: CDC.

Cross erected on Observation Hill, a 600-foot cinder cone. A memorial to the Scott Expedition. Inscription reads: To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

End page of Edward Forbes' paper in which he challenges the scientific community to seek new knowledge of the sea and lays the groundwork for government support of oceanography. In: The Annual Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for the year 1843. NOAA Central Library Journal collection. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Sweet, juicy grapes, picked a the peak of ripeness, are one of nature's best-tasting treats. In vineyards, greenhouses, and laboratories, ARS scientists seek to bring even better grapes to your shopping cart tomorrow. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

To seek that manger out and lay ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Alabama delegates to the Democratic National Convention at Philadelphia, July 14, wave and shout as they seek recognition from the chairman. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Seek Dead". Credit: Library of Congress.

House and coal bank in Seek, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress.

In work and in struggle the future of women is one with that of all people who seek liberation. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But my son, when able, may seek the relief of the law, which I am denied: he or his son may renew his appeal, till he recover his right. (Second Treatise of Government)

They direct their attacks not against the bourgeois conditions of production, but against the instruments of production themselves; they destroy imported wares that compete with their labour, they smash to pieces machinery, they set factories ablaze, they seek to restore by force the vanished status of the workman of the Middle Ages. (reference)

Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. (reference)

In each of the cases, minors of the Negro race, through their legal representatives, seek the aid of the courts in obtaining admission to the public schools of their community on a nonsegregated basis. (reference)

Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. (reference)

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1923)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

She determined to call upon them and seek safety in numbers

The reason is not far to seek.

he did not seek to drown grief in oblivion, but to exalt and to dignify it by hope

And last the boys and girls would venture to come and play at hide and seek in my hair

Rise free from care before the dawn, and seek adventures

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Most people infected do not seek medical attention. (references)

How much information to seek and how to deal with it are personal matters. (references)

Patients with ACKD usually seek help because they notice blood in their urine (hematuria). (references)

Business

Taiwan and mainland firms seek to emulate American firms. (references)

Theses measure seek to promote the sector's sound but paced development. (references)

They usually seek integrated sets of standards-based security solutions. (references)

Children

Canada

In 1999 they formed a committee to seek restitution for the abuse suffered. (references)

France

Various associations also help minors seek justice in cases of mistreatment by parents. (references)

Pakistan

Children sometimes are kidnaped to be used as forced labor, for ransom, or to seek revenge against an enemy. (references)

Civil Liberties

Ethiopia

The Feles Mora also seek to emigrate to Israel. (references)

Laos

Citizens who seek to travel abroad are required to apply for an exit visa. (references)

Peru

The commission also advises citizens who fear persecution at home and seek asylum abroad. (references)

Economic History

Indonesia

They will seek low interest financing, particularly in the coming year. (references)

Uae

UAE investors seek successful, efficient, and reliable franchises to develop. (references)

Egypt

Some parties who know each other well may seek alternative financial devices. (references)

Human Rights

Hong Kong

In other cases, an injured party may seek compensation through civil proceedings. (references)

Grenada

The accused has the right to remain silent and to seek the advice of legal counsel. (references)

Tajikistan

The families of the six individuals continued to seek their whereabouts without success. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

A wide variety of government initiatives and programs seek to improve all aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander life. (references)

Indonesia

Some NGO's that seek to aid these communities are subjected to verbal attacks, raids, and other forms of intimidation by government security forces. (references)

Canada

Native groups in the west that never signed historical treaties continue to claim land and resources, and many continue to seek legal resolution of outstanding issues. (references)

Minorities

Dominican Republic

Some parents fail to seek documentation due to fear of being deported. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

More than 3,635 Bozos left Bouafle to seek assistance from the Malian Consul in Yamoussoukro. (references)

Iran

The Kurds seek greater autonomy from the central Government and continue to suffer from government discrimination. (references)

Political Economy

SAUDI ARABIA

Non-Saudi workers who seek to organize may be deported. (references)

GERMANY

Current policies seek to achieve a balanced (consolidated) budget by 2004. (references)

Kuwait

Kuwait will generally seek information technology to reduce the number of employees, especially expatriates. (references)

Political Rights

Colombia

The group is expected to remain largely clandestine, as Castano continues to seek political recognition. (references)

Maldives

However, for reasons of tradition and culture, relatively few women seek or are selected for public office. (references)

Kuwait

Women, and citizens naturalized for less than 20 years, may not vote or seek election to the National Assembly. (references)

Trade

West Bank

Some firms seek out international joint-venture partners. (references)

Zambia

Many businesses either self finance or seek finance outside the country, in hard currency. (references)

Bahrain

All engineers working for a contracting company are required to seek registration with the CFOEPP. (references)

Travel

Guyana

Travelers requiring more than cursory medical care should seek help outside of Guyana. (references)

Belgium

It would benefit companies to have personnel who speak one of the languages, or to seek the help of a professional translator. (references)

Egypt

Law enforcement authorities prosecute and seek fines and imprisonment in cases of possession of even small quantities of drugs. (references)

Women

Tunisia

Battered women first seek help from family members. (references)

Colombia

It allows a judge to oblige an abuser to seek therapy or reeducation. (references)

Guyana

The act allows victims to seek protection, occupation, or tenancy orders. (references)

Worker Rights

Singapore

The Government allows complainants to seek legal redress. (references)

Bahrain

Victims of trafficking may seek assistance from their embassies. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

Apart from the Labor Ministry, workers have few other places to seek redress. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "seek": average seek time ♦ be to seek ♦ hide and go seek ♦ hide and seek ♦ hide find seek ♦ I Seek You ♦ maximum seek time ♦ minimum seek time ♦ play at hide and seek ♦ request seek ♦ seek a divorce ♦ seek a quarrel ♦ seek a refuge ♦ seek a shelter ♦ seek advice ♦ seek advice from ♦ seek advice from smb. ♦ seek advice of smb. ♦ seek after ♦ seek employment ♦ seek for ♦ seek greener pastures ♦ seek happiness ♦ seek notoriety ♦ seek one's bed ♦ seek out ♦ seek pleasure ♦ seek political asylum ♦ seek promotion ♦ seek redress for ♦ seek refuge ♦ seek shelter ♦ seek shelter from the rain ♦ seek smb.'s life ♦ seek through ♦ seek time ♦ seek truth ♦ To seek ♦ To seek after ♦ To seek for ♦ To seek the life of ♦ To seek to ♦ To seek upon. Additional references.

Beginning with "seek": seek-a, seek-meaning, Seek-no-further, Seek-sorrow.

Ending with "seek": file-seek, hide-and-seek, play hide-and-seek.

Afrikaans

soek (am looking for, look, look for). (various references)

Albanian

përpiqem (aim, attempt, bang, endeavor, endeavour, essay, exert, exert oneself, offer, pretend, strive, take trouble, try), kërkoj (aim, apply, arrogate, ask, ask for, assert, beg, call for, charge, claim, comb, cost, crave, cry for, demand, dig, dig for, exact, feel, fish for, fossick, go after, inquire, look, look for, looking for, necessitate, nose, nose out, petition, pick, postulate, quest, ransack, request, rummage, search, search after, search out, seek after, solicit, solicit for, want), dua (aim, appreciate, be fond of, be keen on, be willing to, care, care for, choose, do with, fancy, intend, like, love, please, take a fancy to, want, wish). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قصد (aim, design, end, go to, goal, have in mind, intend, intent, intention, mean, motive, object, purpose, repair to, sake), ‏حاول (aim, attempt, endeavor, endeavour, essay, give it a try, have a try, make a bid, make up, study, try), ‏سعى لعمل شئ, ‏طمح في (look up), ‏طلب (appeal, application, ask, call, call for, demand, desire, instance, memorial, ordain, order, place, quest, reclaim, request, require, requisition, rush order, tune), ‏بحث (brochure, cast about, consideration, discuss, discussion, disquisition, drilling for, examine, exploration, explore, fumble, hunt for, inquest, inquire, inquisition, investigate, investigation, look, look for, looking for, poke about, probe, prospection, pry, pursue, quest, research, retrieve, rummage, scrounge, scrutinize, search, see, see into, seeking, sought, spy, study, talk over, think through, treatise, try, ventilate). (various references)

Bulgarian 

търся (ask for, go after, grope, hunt, hunt up, look about, look for, look up, nose, prospect, quest, root about, scavenge, scratch around, search after, search for, seek after, seek for, skirmish), опитвам се (essay, give it a try, offer, try), мъча се (agonize, labor, labour, suffer, toil, try, tug, writhe), потърсвам (ask for, look for, look out, look up, seek out, try to find), искам (ask, call for, choose, demand, desire, like, list, please, postulate, request, require, tax, want, will, wilt, wish, would), диря (clue, foil, scent, slot, trace, track, trail, train, vestige, wake). (various references)

Chinese 

謀求 (strive for), 謀取 (obtain, try to gain), 謀 (scheme, to plan), 追求 (pursue), 訪 (inquire, visit), 覓 , 征求 (ask for, solicit), 寻求. (various references)

Czech

vyhledávat (search, seek after), ucházet se o, hledat (look for, prospect, quaere, scour about, search, search for), žádat o (wish for). (various references)

Danish

søge (look, look for). (various references)

Dutch

zoeken (aim, attempt, endeavour, look, take steps, undertake), snorren (buzz, hum, look), opzoeken (attend, call on, look, see, visit). (various references)

Esperanto

serĉi (look for). (various references)

Estonian

otsin. (various references)

Faeroese

leita eftir (look). (various references)

Farsi 

پوءیدن , طلبیدن (Ask, Crave, Invite), جوءیدن , جستجوکردن (Attempt, Comb, Fish, Grub, Look, Mouse, Quest, Ransack, Scour, Search, Sick). (various references)

Finnish

pyrkiä (aim, aspire, aspire to, endeavour, hope for, strive, strive for, try), koettaa (aim, attempt, bother, endeavour, sample, test, try), haku (quest, search), hakea (apply for, fetch, hunt . . up, look, look . . up, search, sue for), haeskella (hunt, search), etsiä (look). (various references)

French

chercher (search, searching, see). (various references)

German

suchen (find, Hunt, look, look for, look out for, lookup, probe, quest, quests, search, search about, search around, seek after, sought, strive, to hunt, to look for, to search, try, woo), Suche (finding, Hunt, hunting, quest, scout, scouting, search, searching). (various references)

Greek 

κύκλος αναζήτησης (search cycle), ζητώ (ask, ask for, beg, beg for, call for, charge, demand, look for, postulate, put in for, query, quest, request, search, solicit), επιζητώ, αναζητώ κάτι, αναζητώ (be after, delve, look for, search out), αναζήτηση (pursuit, quest, search), διερεύνηση (investigation), ψάχνω (be after, be in search of, delve, delve into, hunt for, look for, riflg, rummage, search, search for). (various references)

Hebrew 

לחפש (examine, hunt for, look for, quest, search), לבקש (ask, beg, demand, desire, request, supplicate). (various references)

Hungarian

keresgél (ferret about, to ferret about, to root), felhajt (head back, mop up, put up, roll up, round up, send up, to beat up, to cock, to flush, to hem, to kite, to mop up, to quaff, to quaff off, to ride up, to riffle, to round up, to roust out, to rout out, to turn up, tuck up, turn back, turn up). (various references)

Icelandic

leita. (various references)

Indonesian

mengupayakan (endeavor, strive for, try), mencari (go after, hunt for, look for, quest). (various references)

Italian

cercare (ask for, attempt, dig, endeavor, endeavour, Hunt, look, look for, look up, pick, prospect, scavenge, search, search for, seek after, seek for, to search for, want). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

僥 (desire, luck), シーアンドエア方式 (CM, commercial message, off-season, sea and air system, seajack, Seasat, seasickness, seaside, seaside resort, seaside school, season, season in, season sale, season stock, seasoning, secret, Secret Service, seeker, see-through look, sequence, sequencer, sequential, sheath, sheath silhouette, Sikh), 希求　 (ask for, aspiring to, demand), 希求 (ask for, aspiring to, demand). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぎょう (congeal, desire, freeze, Imperial reign, line, luck, row, verse), ききゅう (ask for, aspiring to, attempt, balloon, demand, emergency, furlough, leave), シーク (Sikh). (various references)

Korean 

탐색. (various references)

Manx

shirrey (apply, cast about, endeavour, go after, prospect, request, require, search, seeking, solicit, solicitation, soliciting). (various references)

Norwegian

gjemsel (hide and seek). (various references)

Papiamen

rista (look), buska (look). (various references)

Pig Latin

eeksay.(various references)

Portuguese

procurar (browse, come after, court, dub, ensue, find out, fish, fossick, get, hunt up, look after, look for, look up, nose, obtrude, pursue, quest, rake, rake up, search, search after, search for), buscar (collect, court, examine, explore, fetch, find, fish, investigate, look for, nose, pursue, quest, rake, rake up, research, search, strive for, to seek). (various references)

Romanian

urmãri un scop, explora (examine, explore, investigate, research, scan), cerceta (analyse, analyze, anatomize, ask, canvass, case, consider, consult, cross-question, delve, dip into, examine, excogiate, explore, inspect, introspect, investigate, look at, look into, look over, look through, overlook, peer, pursue, question, reconnoitre, research, screen, scrutinize, search, search into, sift, sound, study, survey, test, try, visit), cãuta (covet, ferret, forage, fossick, Hunt, look about for, look for, look out, look out for, look up, make a search, nose, quest, search after, search for, seek for, want). (various references)

Russian 

разыскивать (ferret about, forage for, quest, search out), пытаться (attempt, be sought to, endeavor, endeavour, have a go at, make a stab at, make an attempt, make attempt, offer, try), искать поиск (search, seeking), искать (ferret about, fossick, grope, look about, look for, pick, ransack, search, searched). (various references)

Scottish

iarr (ask, be willing to, look, request, search : dh'iarradh, want, was, wish). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zahtevati (call for, claim, demand, entail, postulate, request, require, suggest), tražiti (ask for, demand, grope, hunt, inquire into, look for, pursue, request, require, search, search for, solicit, sue, track), pronaći (dig up, discover, dog down, find, get a hold of, hunt out, invent, locate, spot). (various references)

Sotho

batlana, batla (want). (various references)

Spanish

buscar (ferret, fetch, forage for, get, go after, home in on, Hunt, hunt for, hunt out, hunt up, investigate, lay hold of, look, look for, look out, look out for, look round, look up, pick, pick up, prospect for, pursue, quest, scout for, scrounge around for, search, search after, search for, seek after, seek for, take, to look for, turn up). (various references)

Sranan

suku (look). (various references)

Swedish

söka (be in for, comb out, fumble, look, page, run for election, search, take, want). (