Dictionary entry details
• SEEK (noun)
Meaning:
The movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("seek" is a kind of...):
motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
• SEEK (verb)
Meaning:
Try to get or reach
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context examples:
seek a position / seek an education / seek happiness
Hypernyms (to "seek" is one way to...):
desire; want (feel or have a desire for; want strongly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "seek"):
quest (make a search (for))
bid (make a serious effort to attain something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
look for; search; seek
Context examples:
The police are searching for clues / They are searching for the missing man in the entire county
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "seek"):
drag; dredge (search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost)
browse; shop (shop around; not necessarily buying)
feel (grope or feel in search of something)
grub (search about busily)
angle; fish (seek indirectly)
go after; pursue; quest after; quest for (go in search of or hunt for)
seek out (look for a specific person or thing)
scour (examine minutely)
want (hunt or look for; want for a particular reason)
gather (look for (food) in nature)
hunt (seek, search for)
leave no stone unturned (search thoroughly and exhaustively)
browse; surf (look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular)
divine (search by divining, as if with a rod)
fumble; grope (feel about uncertainly or blindly)
finger (search for on the computer)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
The banks seek the check
Sam cannot seek Sue
They seek the water
Meaning:
Make an effort or attempt
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
attempt; essay; try; assay; seek
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "seek" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "seek"):
pick up the gauntlet; take a dare (be dared to do something and attempt it)
fight; struggle (make a strenuous or labored effort)
give it a try; have a go (make an attempt at something)
grope (search blindly or uncertainly)
endeavor; endeavour; strive (attempt by employing effort)
give it a try; give it a whirl (try)
adventure; chance; gamble; hazard; risk; run a risk; take a chance; take chances (take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome)
lay on the line; put on the line; risk (expose to a chance of loss or damage)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They seek to move
Meaning:
Go to or towards
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
a liquid seeks its own level
Hypernyms (to "seek" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Inquire for
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
seek directions from a local
Hypernyms (to "seek" is one way to...):
request (inquire for (information))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
