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seek

seek

Meaning of seek

to try to find or get

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EN-UK/siːk/
EN-US/siːk/
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seek with Russian translation

seek usage examples

🇷🇺RU🇬🇧EN

Они ищут лучший способ решить проблему.

They seek a better way to solve the problem.

🇷🇺RU🇬🇧EN

Она ищет помощь, когда работа становится трудной.

She seeks help when the work gets hard.

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seek belongs to the topic "Top 1000". Start with a short 7-word set so the word is easier to remember in context.

seekискать
cookготовить
changeменять
tieзавязывать
followследовать
setзадавать
removeубирать

seek synonyms

Related words worth learning together

look for
common everyday phrase for trying to find something or someone
search for
to look for something carefully, often in a more systematic way
hunt for
to look for something with effort and determination, sometimes aggressively or for a hard-to-find thing
quest for
to search for something important or abstract, often in a formal or literary way
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🇬🇧en

common everyday phrase for trying to find something or someone

B1Very Often

I’m looking for my keys.

🇬🇧en

to look for something carefully, often in a more systematic way

B1Often

They searched for the lost child in the park.

H
🇬🇧en
hunt for

to look for something with effort and determination, sometimes aggressively or for a hard-to-find thing

B1Often

We are hunting for a cheap apartment.

Q
🇬🇧en
quest for

to search for something important or abstract, often in a formal or literary way

B1Rarely

The team is on a quest for success.

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How to pronounce seek and what this word means

seek means seek. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce seek

/siːk/

seek translation

seek

seek examples

They seek a better way to solve the problem.

seek transcription

/siːk/, /siːk/

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seek meaning: what does it mean?

to try to find or get

seek pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

seek is pronounced as /siːk/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

seek definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

They seek a better way to solve the problem. Translation: Они ищут лучший способ решить проблему.

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