seek

noun

(computing) The operation of navigating through a stream.

A surname from German.

Obsolete form of Sikh. [An adherent of Sikhism.]

verb

(ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.

(transitive) To ask for; to solicit; to beseech.

(transitive) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.

(transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.

(intransitive, computing) To navigate through a data stream.

(intransitive, sometimes proscribed) To attempt, endeavour, try

(intransitive, obsolete) To go, move, travel (in a given direction).

Synonyms for seek

searchn tryv questn strivev pursuev solicitv begv requestn demandn

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