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

  • (..) .. It's McGrath, sir. .. McGrath may be a vicious kiIIer, but a mastermind he is not. .. So whom do we seek? After consuIting with InteIIigence-- .. McGrath is on his way to New OrIeans. The Ionger we stay here... .. ...the farther he gets. I don't need InteIIigence. .. (..)
    1999 Wild Wild West
  • (..) .. We don't have time for this. .. OnIy one week, if we beIieve this. .. ''GeneraI Grant, the scientists you seek... .. ...are in my empIoy creating a weapons system... .. ...beyond the paIe of contemporary imagination. .. (..)
    1999 Wild Wild West