Found 4 items, similar to seeking.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: seeking
pencarian
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: seek
mencari, mengupayakan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: seeking
seeking
adj : trying to obtain;
“profit-seeking producers”;
“people
seeking happiness”
n 1: the act of searching for something;
“a quest for diamonds”
[syn:
quest]
2: an attempt to acquire or gain something
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Seeking
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.
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The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he
said, I seek my brethren. --Gen. xxxvii.
15, 16.
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2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
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Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. --Luke
xi. 16.
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3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as,
to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
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4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
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Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. --Amos v. 5.
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Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains.
--Pope.
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