From Middle English seke, seken, from Old English sēċan, sēċean, sœ̄ċan, from Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (“to seek”), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti (“to seek out”), from *seh₂g- (“to follow, trace”).
Cognates
Cognate with Yola zeek (“to seek”), North Frisian schük, sjuk, säke (“to search, seek”), Saterland Frisian säike (“to search, seek”), West Frisian sykje (“to seek”), Alemannic German sueche, süeche (“to search, seek”), Bavarian suacha, suachn (“to search”), Central Franconian söke (“to search”), Cimbrian züuchan (“to seek”), Dutch zoeken (“to seek”), Low German söken (“to seek”), German suchen (“to seek”), Luxembourgish sichen (“to seek; to fetch”), Vilamovian zihia, zihja (“to seek”), Yiddish זוכן (zukhn, “to search, seek”), Danish søge (“to seek; to apply”), Faroese søkja (“to seek”), Icelandic sækja (“to seek”), Norwegian Bokmål søke (“to seek; to apply”), Norwegian Nynorsk søka, søke, søkja, søkje (“to seek; to apply”), Swedish söka (“to search”), Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sōkjan, “to seek”); also Cornish hedhes (“to reach; to achieve; to manage”), Welsh haeddu (“to deserve, merit”), Latin sāgiō (“to perceive quickly or keenly with the senses”), Ancient Greek ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “to go before, precede; to lead; to believe, hold”), Albanian gjegj (“to answer; to obey”), Hittite 𒊭𒀀𒆠𒄑𒍣 (ša-a-ki-ez-zi, “to seek out”).
The Middle English and later Modern English hard /k/ derives from Old English sēcð, the third person singular.
Meanings
The operation of navigating through a stream.
The number of seeks to retrieve a shot […] depends on the location of those frames on physical blocks. 2012, Aidong Zhang, Avi Silberschatz, Sharad Mehrotra, Continuous Media Databases, page 120:
From Middle English seke, seken, from Old English sēċan, sēċean, sœ̄ċan, from Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (“to seek”), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti (“to seek out”), from *seh₂g- (“to follow, trace”).
Cognates
Cognate with Yola zeek (“to seek”), North Frisian schük, sjuk, säke (“to search, seek”), Saterland Frisian säike (“to search, seek”), West Frisian sykje (“to seek”), Alemannic German sueche, süeche (“to search, seek”), Bavarian suacha, suachn (“to search”), Central Franconian söke (“to search”), Cimbrian züuchan (“to seek”), Dutch zoeken (“to seek”), Low German söken (“to seek”), German suchen (“to seek”), Luxembourgish sichen (“to seek; to fetch”), Vilamovian zihia, zihja (“to seek”), Yiddish זוכן (zukhn, “to search, seek”), Danish søge (“to seek; to apply”), Faroese søkja (“to seek”), Icelandic sækja (“to seek”), Norwegian Bokmål søke (“to seek; to apply”), Norwegian Nynorsk søka, søke, søkja, søkje (“to seek; to apply”), Swedish söka (“to search”), Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (sōkjan, “to seek”); also Cornish hedhes (“to reach; to achieve; to manage”), Welsh haeddu (“to deserve, merit”), Latin sāgiō (“to perceive quickly or keenly with the senses”), Ancient Greek ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “to go before, precede; to lead; to believe, hold”), Albanian gjegj (“to answer; to obey”), Hittite 𒊭𒀀𒆠𒄑𒍣 (ša-a-ki-ez-zi, “to seek out”).
The Middle English and later Modern English hard /k/ derives from Old English sēcð, the third person singular.
Meanings
(ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.
Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale. 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:
I seek wisdom.
"No, you wait. You're obviously a very sick man. I think you need to seek professional help. I'm sorry, but I can't help you." 2005, Jonathan Luckett, Dissolve, page 158:
(transitive) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after.
But persecution sought the lives of men of this character. 1880, George Q. Cannon, How the Gospel is Preached By the Elders, etc.:
I sought my fortune on the goldfields.
I can no longer seek fame or glory, nor can I help trying to get rid of my riches, which separate me from my fellow-creatures. 1886, Constantine Popoff, translation of Leo Tolstoy's What I Believe
Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.[…]She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat. 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
(transitive) To try to reach or come to (a location).
Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains 1725, Homer, “Book II”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC, page 56, line 33:
When the alarm went off I sought the exit in a panic.
Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Amos 5:5:
(intransitive) To attempt, to try [with infinitive ‘to do something’].
Our company does not seek to limit its employees from using the internet or engaging in social networking.
(transitive) To ask for; to solicit.
I seek forgiveness through repentance.
Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke xi:16:
“My, my! It is indeed a long way yet, look you!” said the pleasant woman of whom I sought directions. 1960, Lobsang Rampa, The Rampa Story:
(intransitive, obsolete) To go, to move, to travel (in a given direction).
Ryght so he sought[…]towarde Sandewyche where he founde before hym many galyard knyghtes 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
(intransitive) To move to a specified location (particularly of a disk drive or similar device).
This function instructs the hard drive to seek to a specified track.
(intransitive) To navigate through a data stream.
Most of the changes made to this control are to accommodate the various constraints that playback of streaming media may impose in broadcast streams, such as the inability to seek through the media. 2009, Jit Ghosh, Rob Cameron, Silverlight 2 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach, page 541:
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find) · rup caftu (roa-rup) (to try to find) · es pedir (to ask for) · tg ҷустуҷӯ кардан (to try to find) · mk бара (to try to find) · mi ngaropoko (to try to find) · bg тараша (to try to find) · it cercare (to try to find) · xqa اِرْتاماكْ (to try to find) · id mencari (to try to find) · xqa اِسْتاماكْ (to try to find) · njo-jgl bushi (to try to find) · pt procurar (to try to find) · fi pyrkiä (jotakin kohti) (to travel (in a given direction)) · hu kutat (to try to find) · la quaerō (to try to find) · hy փնտրել (to try to find) · hu keres (to try to find) · got 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to try to find) · el ζητώ (to try to find) · no lete (to try to find) · qu aşii (to try to find) · sv söka (to try to find) · fi hakea (to try to acquire or gain) · wa cweri (to try to find) · fi hakea ((computing) to navigate a stream) · mi haha (to try to find) · chr ᎤᏲᎭ (to try to find) · cy chwilio am (to try to find) · bg стремя се (to try to reach or come to) · tr aramak (to try to find) · eo serĉi (to try to find) · sw kutafuta (to try to find) · be шука́ць (to try to find) · mn эрэх (to try to find) · sl iskati (to try to find) · ml നോക്കുക (to try to find) · ru иска́ть (to try to find) · fa جستجو کردن (to try to find) · fi etsiä (to try to find) · pl szukać (to try to find) · no søke (to try to find) · uz qidirmoq (to try to find) · qu maskai (to try to find) · ko 추구하다 (to try to find) · nds-de söken (to try to find) · evn гэлэ- (to try to find) · ca voler aconseguir (to ask for) · qu maskhay (to try to find) · sv leta (to try to find) · fr chercher (to try to find) · ur ڈھونڈھنا (to try to find) · pdt sieekjen no (to try to find) · mt fittex (to try to find) · he חִפֵּשׂ (to try to find) · gsw sueche (to try to find) · fo søkja (to try to find) · mi rapu (to try to find) · io serchar (to try to find) · mi raparapa (to try to find) · fi anella (to ask for) · lo ຫາ (to try to find) · fr quérir (to ask for) · id mencari-cari (to try to find) · cmn 搜索 (to try to find) · th มองหา (to try to find) · bni tombo (to try to find) · mn хайх (to try to find) · ast buscar (to try to find) · got 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽 (to try to find) · arz دور (to try to find) · et otsima (to try to find) · mi rapurapu (to try to find) · da søge (to try to find) · ang nēosian (to try to find) · hi खोजना (to try to find) · fi kelata ((computing) to navigate a stream) · fa جستن (to try to find) · uz axtarmoq (to try to find) · cmn 找尋 /找寻 (to try to find) · fi hakea (to try to find) · qu ashiy (to try to find) · fur cirî (to try to find) · eve гэлэт- (to try to find) · ja 探し回る (to try to find) · sh тра́жити (to try to find) · osp buscar (to try to find) · fi etsiä (to try to acquire or gain) · gl buscar (to try to find) · cmn 找 (to try to find) · lt ieškoti (to try to find) · ro căuta (to try to find) · de suchen (to try to find) · es buscar (to attempt to, to try to) · bn খোঁজা (to try to find) · km ស្វែងរក (to try to find) · ml തേടുക (to try to find) · ln tombo (to try to find) · cs hledat (to try to find) · uk шука́ти (to try to find) · my ရှာ (to try to find) · mk трага (to try to find) · ar بَحَثَ (to try to find) · hi ढूँढ़ना (to try to find) · pap buska (to try to find) · ms mencari (to try to find) · grc ἰχνεύω (to try to find) · nmn ǃxáa (to try to find) · ne खोज्नु (to try to find) · mi rapa (to try to find) · inh лаха (to try to find) · ast guetar (to try to find) · cv шыра (to try to find) · ka ძებნა (to try to find) · is leita (to try to find) · tft tike (to try to find) · la volō obtinēre (to ask for)