seek out (verb)
1seek out — verb look for a specific person or thing (Freq. 14) • Hypernyms: ↑search, ↑seek, ↑look for • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s somebody * * * seek out …
2seek out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms seek out : present tense I/you/we/they seek out he/she/it seeks out present participle seeking out past tense sought out past participle sought out to find someone or something by looking for them in a… …
3seek out — PHRASAL VERB If you seek out someone or something or seek them out, you keep looking for them until you find them. [V P n (not pron)] Now is the time for local companies to seek out business opportunities in Europe... [V n P] Ellen spent the day… …
4seek out — verb to locate; search for Syn: hunt down, track down …
5seek — [ sik ] (past tense and past participle sought [ sɔt ] ) verb transitive *** 1. ) FORMAL to ask for something or try to get something: seek advice/help: Seek medical advice if symptoms last more than a week. seek permission/approval: You must… …
6seek — ► VERB (past and past part. sought) 1) try to find or obtain. 2) (seek out) search for and find. 3) (seek to do) try or want to do. 4) ask for. DERIVATIVES seeker …
7seek — [[t]si͟ːk[/t]] ♦♦♦ seeks, seeking, sought 1) VERB If you seek something such as a job or a place to live, you try to find one. [FORMAL] [V n] They have had to seek work as labourers... [V n] Four people who sought refuge in the Italian embassy… …
8seek */*/*/ — UK [siːk] / US [sɪk] verb [transitive] Word forms seek : present tense I/you/we/they seek he/she/it seeks present participle seeking past tense sought UK [sɔːt] / US [sɔt] past participle sought 1) formal to ask for something, or to try to get… …
9ˌseek sb/sth ˈout — phrasal verb to find someone or something by looking for them in a determined way Corbett promised to seek out the truth.[/ex] …
10seek — verb (past and past participle sought) 1》 attempt to find. ↘(seek someone/thing out) search for and find someone or something. 2》 attempt to obtain or do. 3》 ask for. 4》 archaic go to (a place). Phrases seek dead Brit. used to instruct a… …