Seek Seeking Sought Siːk I Alternative Vain Funding

• drivers are advised to seek alternative routes.
• they sought in vain for somewhere to shelter.
• to seek funding for a project
• highly qualified secretary seeks employment. (= in an advertisement)

seek

1. to look for something/somebody
• Drivers are advised to seek alternative routes.
• They sought in vain for somewhere to shelter.
2. to try to obtain or achieve something
• to seek funding for a project
• Highly qualified secretary seeks employment. (= in an advertisement)
• He intends to seek custody of the children.
• We are currently seeking new ways of expanding our membership.
3. to ask somebody for something
• I think it's time we sought legal advice.
• She managed to calm him down and seek help from a neighbour.
4. to try to do something
• synonym attempt
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• They quickly sought to distance themselves from the protesters.
5. looking for or trying to get the thing mentioned; the activity of doing this
• see also heat-seeking
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/heat-seeking
• attention-seeking behaviour
• Voluntary work can provide a framework for job-seeking.
6. to try to find a way to become rich, especially by going to another place
• Many emigrated to Australia to seek their fortune.

Extra Examples

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.
• Jobs in Paris are highly sought after.
• The developer is currently seeking funding for the project.
• They initially sought to blame others for the disaster.
• We sought in vain for a solution.
• We’re seeking for alternative materials which might bring the cost down.
• people who are unemployed and actively seeking work
• the answers she sought in those books
• Employers are seeking further clarification of the proposals.
• He admired her ability to seek out bargains.
• He encouraged governments to adopt a more forceful approach in seeking to improve the environment.
• I advise you to seek assistance from the police.
• I think you should seek guidance from your lawyer on this matter.
• It is best to seek a compromise rather than a perfect solution.
• Lawyers are seeking an out-of-court settlement.
• Police are seeking witnesses to the accident.
• She fled the country and is now seeking asylum in Sweden.
• The police are seeking independent confirmation of certain details of the story.
• The research project will seek to find an answer to this question.
• The state has actively sought to develop tourism.
• They are now seeking endorsement for their ideas.
• They sought comfort in each other.
• They sought refuge in the mountain villages.
• To receive the benefit, you have to be actively seeking work.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they seek
• he / she / it seeks
• past simple sought
• past participle sought
• -ing form seeking

Word Origin

• Old English sēcan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zieken and German suchen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sagire ‘perceive by scent’.