Meaning

1 senses

  1. To try to locate; to search for.

    иска́тьiskátʹ, разы́скиватьrazýskivatʹ

More definitions
  • look for a specific person or thing

Examples

42 sentences

  1. I don't seek out new experiences.

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  2. I am always seeking out new knowledge.

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  3. Not one individual has failed to seek you out.

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  4. I point out that it was you who sought me out.

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  5. He made promise after promise and then sought to get out of them.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to try to locate:

Origin

From Middle English seken out, sechen out (“to seek out”), dissimilated from Middle Englis

From Middle English seken out, sechen out (“to seek out”), dissimilated from Middle English *outseken, outsechen (“to seek out”). More at outseek.

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Forms

seeks out, seeking out, sought out, sought out
Base formseek out · to seek out
3rd person singularseeks out
Present participleseeking out
Past simplesought out
Past participlesought out

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyseek out
he, she, itseeks out

Past simpleLesson

all personssought out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sought out
he, she, ithas sought out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill seek out

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
forseekhunt downtrack down

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
seeingseekA2seekerseemA2seeminglyseen
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