Online Dictionary: translate word or phrase from Indonesian to English or vice versa, and also from english to english on-line.
Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Sought (0.01947 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Sought.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sought
seek
v 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” [syn:
search,
look for]
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” [syn:
try,
attempt,
essay,
assay]
4: go to or towards;
“a liquid seeks its own level”
5: inquire for;
“seek directions from a local”
[also:
sought]
seek
n : the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track
on a disk
[also:
sought]
sought
adj 1: that is looked for;
“the long sought relatives”
2: being searched for;
“the most sought-after item was the
silver candelabrum” [syn:
sought-after(a)]
sought
See
seek
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sought
Seek
\Seek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Sought; p. pr. & vb. n.
Seeking.] [OE. seken, AS. s[=e]can, s[=e]cean; akin to OS.
s[=o]kian, LG. s["o]ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen,
Icel. s[ae]kja, Sw. s["o]ka, Dan. s["o]ge, Goth. s[=o]kjan,
and E. sake. Cf.
Beseech,
Ransack,
Sagacious,
Sake,
Soc.]
1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to
find.
[1913 Webster]
The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he
said, I seek my brethren. --Gen. xxxvii.
15, 16.
[1913 Webster]
2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
[1913 Webster]
Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. --Luke
xi. 16.
[1913 Webster]
3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as,
to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
[1913 Webster]
4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
[1913 Webster]
Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. --Amos v. 5.
[1913 Webster]
Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Sought
\Sought\,
imp. & p. p. of
Seek.
[1913 Webster]
Advertisement