to seek someone out
1seek someone/thing out — search for and find someone or something. → seek …
2seek 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 …
3seek — [[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… …
4seek 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… …
5seek — 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… …
6seek — W1 [si:k] v past tense and past participle sought [so:t US so:t] [T] [: Old English; Origin: secan] 1.) formal to try to achieve or get something ▪ Do you think the President will seek re election ? seek refuge/asylum/shelter etc ▪ Thousands of… …
7seek — [ 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… …
8seek — [sēk] vt. sought, seeking [ME seken < OE secan, akin to OS sōkian, Ger suchen, ON sœkja < IE base * sāg , to track down, trace > L sagire, to scent out, perceive] 1. to try to find; search for; look for 2. to go to; resort to [to seek… …
9Out of the Blue (2008 TV series) — Out of the Blue Out of the Blue intertitle Genre Soap Opera Created by John Edwards Julie McGauran …
10seek */*/*/ — 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… …