HOW TO PRONOUNCE
seek
/sik/
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What does seek mean?
verb
- To try to find; to look for; to search for.
- To try to acquire or gain; to strive after.
- To try to reach or come to (a location).
More meanings (8)
verb
- To attempt, to try [with infinitive ‘to do something’].
- To ask for; to solicit.
- To move to a specified location (particularly of a disk drive or similar device).
- To navigate through a data stream.
- (obsolete) To go, to move, to travel (in a given direction).
noun
- The operation of navigating through a stream.
- (obsolete) Obsolete form of Sikh.
proper noun
- A surname from German.
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IPA pronunciation
/sik/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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I have ever been prone to seek adventure and to investigate and experiment where wiser men would have left well enough alone.
But I must go and meet with danger there, Or it will seek me in another place, And find me worse provided.
More book examples (3)
Devotion which is weary, heroism which has grown old, ambitions which are sated, fortunes which are made, seek, demand, implore, solicit, what?
But without the revolutionary conspiracies which led to disorder, it would not have been impelled to seek the means of escape therefrom.
For now the neighboring cities and potentates sent deputies, one upon another, to seek his friendship and make offer of their service.