Слово англійською: seek

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Переклад seek українською: шука́ти кого́/що, підшу́кувати

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seek

verb
/siːk/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they seek
/siːk/
he / she / it seeks
/siːks/
past simple sought
/sɔːt/
past participle sought
/sɔːt/
-ing form seeking
/ˈsiːkɪŋ/
  1. [transitive, intransitive] to look for something/somebody
    • seek something/somebody Drivers are advised to seek alternative routes.
    • Police are not seeking anyone else in connection with the deaths.
    • seek for something/somebody (British English) They sought in vain for somewhere to shelter.
  2. [transitive] to ask somebody for something; to try to obtain or achieve something
    • seek something I think it's time we sought legal advice.
    • They sought refuge in the mountain villages.
    • She fled the country and is now seeking asylum in Sweden.
    • The pilot sought permission to land.
    • EU citizens have the right to seek employment in any member state.
    • He has not sought medical treatment for his condition.
    • She was determined to seek revenge.
    • seek something from somebody She managed to calm him down and seek help from a neighbour.
    • We need to seek approval from the local council.
    • seek for something/somebody (British English) They came seeking for the truth.
  3. [intransitive] seek to do something to try to do something synonym attempt
    • He sought to establish himself as a writer.
    • They quickly sought to distance themselves from the protesters.
  4. -seeking
     (in adjectives and nouns) looking for or trying to get the thing mentioned; the activity of doing this
    • attention-seeking behaviour
    • Voluntary work can provide a framework for job-seeking.
    see also heat-seeking, hide-and-seek, rent-seeking, self-seeking
    5. Word OriginOld English sēcan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zieken and German suchen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sagire ‘perceive by scent’.
Idioms
seek your fortune
  1. (literary) to try to find a way to become rich, especially by going to another place
    • Many emigrated to Australia to seek their fortune.
Phrasal Verbs
  • seek out
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Пов'язані англійські слова

Нижче наведено англійські слова, пов'язані з seek, які можуть допомогти вам краще зрозуміти контекст та розширити англійський словниковий запас:

smell
Переклад українською: чу́ти (но́сом), ню́хати, відчува́ти що, па́хнути, відго́нити чим, поню́хати що, па́хнути
smell verb /smel/Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they smell /smel/ he / she / it smells /sm...
something
Переклад українською: щось, де́що
something pronoun /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/ a thing that is not known or mentioned by nameWe stopped for something t...
mother
Переклад українською: ма́ти (ма́ма), ма́тір, мату́ся, рі́дна мо́ва, перламу́тр, породі́лля, ма́ти-одина́чка
mother noun /ˈmʌðər/ a female parent of a child or animal; a person who is acting as a mother to a c...

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