seek

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to try to find or get something

   Many people come to the city to seek work.

2. 2
   verb

   to try to achieve or obtain something

   They are seeking a peaceful solution to the conflict.

3. 3
   verb

   to ask someone for advice or help

   You should seek advice from a doctor.

Common collocations

• seek advice Verb + noun
• seek cover Verb + noun

From Middle English seken (also sechen, whence dialectal English seech), from Old English sēċan (compare beseech); from Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (“to seek”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek out”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian säike (“to seek”), West Frisian sykje (“to seek”), Dutch zoeken (“to seek”), Low German söken (“to seek”), German suchen (“to seek”), Danish søge (“to seek”), Swedish söka, Norwegian Bokmål søke (“to seek”), Norwegian Nynorsk søkja (“to seek”), Icelandic sækja (“to seek”). The Middle English and later Modern English hard /k/…

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