seek

Definition

  • verb: to search for (someone or something)
  • verb: to resort to
  • used with 'to' and an infinitive
  • synonyms: sick, solicit, beseech

Examples

  • You should 'seek' medical help immediately if you experience any chest pain or shortness of breath.

  • thrill-'seeking' travelers [=travelers who want to have very exciting/thrilling experiences]

  • They are 'seeking compensation/damages' [=they are trying to get money] for their loss.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) back. This belongs to me.'' And the three-year-old says, (piercing voice) ''Mine! Mine! Mine!'' And this sound travels through the house and the vibrations seek out a grown person's spinal cord and it makes the legs go up and down and you have to get up and find out where the sound is coming from. (..)
    1983 Bill Cosby: Himself