English-Thai Dictionary

seek

VI มองหา  แสวงหา  เสาะหา  สำรวจ  look for mong-ha

 

seek

VT ค้นหา  ค้น  เสาะหา  แสวงหา  สำรวจ  มุ่ง ค้นหา  search look for attempt kon-ha

 

seek

VT สอบถาม  สอบ หา  สืบหา  investigate examine inquire request sob-tam

 

seek after

PHRV แสวงหา (คำ เก่า  ค้นหา  look for search after search for seek for sa-wang-ha

 

seek for

PHRV แสวงหา (คำ เก่า  ค้นหา  look for quest for search after search for seek after sa-wang-ha

 

seek from

PHRV มองหา (บางสิ่ง  เพื่อ ป้องกัน จาก  mong-ha-puea-pong-kan-jak

 

seek into

PHRV ตรวจสอบ รายละเอียด  truad-sob-rai-ra-iad

 

seek out

PHRV ค้นหา อย่างหนัก  search out kon-ha-yang-nak

 

seeker

N ผู้ แสวงหา  ผู้ เสาะหา  ผู้ ไปหา  ผู้ สำรวจ  inquirer searcher explorer phu-sa-wang-ha

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SEEK

v.t. pret.and pp. sought, pronounced sawt. [L. sequor, to follow; for to seek is to go after, and the primary sense is to advance, to press, to drive forward, as in the L. peto. ] 1. To go in searh or quest of; to look for; to search for by going from place to place.
The man asked him, saying, what seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethen. Genesis 37:15 -16.
2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to endeavor to find or gain by any means.
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. Psalm 1 4:21.
He found no place for repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. Hebrews 12:17.
Others tempting him, sought of him a sign. Luke 11:16.
3.Seek is followed sometimes by out or after. To seek out, properly implies to look for a specific thing among a number. But in general, the use of out and after with seek, is unnecessary and inelegant.
To seek God, his name, or his face, in Scripture, to ask for his favor, direction and assistance. Psalm 83:16.
God seeks men, when he fixes his love on them, and by his word and Spirit, and the righteousness of Christ, reclaims and recovers them from their miserable condition as sinners. Ezekiel 34:4; Psalm 119:176; Luke 15:8.
To seek after the life, or soul, to attempt by arts or machinations; or to attempt to destroy or ruin. Psalm 35:4.
To seek peace, or judgement, to endeavor to promote it; or to practice it. Psalm 34:14; Isaiah 1:17.
To seek an altar, temple, or habitation, to frequent it; to restore to it often. 2 Chronicles 1:5; Amos 5:4.
To seek out God's works, to endeavor to understand them. Psalm 111:2.

 

SEEK

v.i. 1. To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery.
Seek ye out of the book of the Lord. Isaiah 34:16.
2. To endeavor.
Ask not what pains, nor further seek to know
Their process, or the forms of law below. Dryden.
To seek after, to make pursuit; to attempt to find or take. [See No. 3 supra. ]
To seek for, to endeavor to find. Knolles.
To seek to, to apply to; to resort to. 1 Kings 1 :24.
To seek, at a loss; without knowledge, measures or experience.
Unpractic'd, unprepar'd and still to seek. Milton. [This phrase, I believe, is wholly obsolete. ]

 

SEEKER

n. 1. One that seeks; an inquirer; as a seeker of truth.
2. One of a sect that profess no determinate religion.

 

SEEK-SORROW

n.[seek and sorrow. ] One that contrives to give himself vexation. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SEEK

SEEK Seek, a.

 

Defn: Sick. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

SEEK

Seek, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sought; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeking.] Etym: [OE, seken, AS. s, s; akin to OS. s, LG. söken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. s, Sw. söka, Dan. söge, Goth. s, and E. sake. Cf. Beseech, Ransack, Sagacious, Sake, Soc. ]

 

1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find. The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou And he said, I seek my brethren. Gen. xxxvii. 15,16.

 

2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech. Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. Luke xi. 16.

 

3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.

 

4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. Amos v. 5. Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains. Pope.

 

SEEK

SEEK Seek, v. i.

 

Defn: To make search or inquiry: to endeavor to make discovery. Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. Isa. xxxiv. 16. To seek, needing to seek or search; hence, unpreparated. "Unpracticed, unpreparated, and still to seek. " Milton. [Obs ] -- To seek after, to make pursuit of; to attempt to find or take. -- To seek for, to endeavor to find. -- To seek to, to apply to; to resort to; to court. [Obs. ] "All the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom. " 1. Kings x. 24. -- To seek upon, to make strict inquiry after; to follow up; to persecute. [Obs. ] To seek Upon a man and do his soul unrest. Chaucer.

 

SEEKER

SEEKER Seek "er, n.

 

1. One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching.

 

2. (Eccl.)

 

Defn: One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in Great Britain, who professed to be seeking the true church, ministry, and sacraments. A skeptic [is ] ever seeking and never finds, like our new upstart sect of Seekers. Bullokar.

 

SEEK-NO-FURTHER

SEEK-NO-FURTHER Seek "-no-fur `ther, n.

 

Defn: A kind of choice winter apple, having a subacid taste; -- formerly called go-no-further.

 

SEEK-SORROW

SEEK-SORROW Seek "-sor `row, n.

 

Defn: One who contrives to give himself vexation. [Archaic. ] Sir P. Sidney.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

seek

seek |sēk sik | ▶verb ( past and past participle sought |sôt | ) [ with obj. ] attempt to find (something ): they came here to seek shelter from biting winter winds. • attempt or desire to obtain or achieve (something ): the new regime sought his extradition | [ no obj., with infinitive ] : her parents had never sought to interfere with her freedom. • ask for (something ) from someone: he sought help from the police. • (seek someone /something out ) search for and find someone or something: it's his job to seek out new customers. • archaic go to (a place ): I sought my bedroom each night to brood over it. PHRASES seek one's fortune travel somewhere in the hope of achieving wealth and success. to seek archaic lacking; not yet found: the end she knew, the means were to seek. • (far to seek ) out of reach; a long way off. DERIVATIVES seek er noun [ often in combination ] : a pleasure-seeker | a job-seeker ORIGIN Old English sēcan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zieken and German suchen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sagire ‘perceive by scent. ’

 

seek time

seek time |sik taɪm | ▶noun Computing the time taken for a disk drive to locate the area on the disk where the data to be read is stored.

 

Oxford Dictionary

seek

seek |siːk | ▶verb ( past and past participle sought |sɔːt | ) [ with obj. ] attempt to find (something ): they came here to seek shelter from biting winter winds. • attempt or desire to obtain or achieve (something ): the new regime sought his extradition | [ no obj., with infinitive ] : her parents had never sought to interfere with her freedom. • ask for (something ) from someone: he sought help from the police. • (seek someone /thing out ) search for and find someone or something: it's his job to seek out new customers. • archaic go to (a place ): I sought my bedroom each night to brood over it. PHRASES seek dead Brit. used to instruct a retriever to go and look for game that has been shot. seek one's fortune travel somewhere in the hope of achieving wealth and success. to seek archaic lacking; not yet found: the end she knew, the means were to seek. • (far to seek ) out of reach; a long way off. DERIVATIVES seeker noun [ often in combination ] : a pleasure-seeker | a job-seeker ORIGIN Old English sēcan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zieken and German suchen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sagire ‘perceive by scent ’.

 

seek time

seek time ▶noun Computing the time taken for a disk drive to locate the area on the disk where the data to be read is stored.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

seek

seek verb 1 they sought shelter from the winter snows: search for, try to find, look for, be on the lookout for, be after, hunt for, be in quest of. 2 the company is seeking a judicial review of the decision: try to obtain, work toward, be intent on, aim at /for. 3 he sought help from the police: ask for, request, solicit, call for, entreat, beg for, petition for, appeal for, apply for, put in for. 4 we constantly seek to improve the service: try, attempt, endeavor, strive, work, do one's best; formal essay.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

seek

seek verb 1 six bombers took off and flew southwards to seek the enemy: search for, try to find, look for, look about /around /round for, cast about /around /round for, be on the lookout for, be after, hunt for, be in quest of, quest (after ), be in pursuit of. 2 the new regime sought his extradition: try to obtain, pursue, go after, strive for, go for, push towards, work towards, be intent on, aim at /for, have as a goal, have as an objective. 3 you may need to seek the advice of a specialist: ask for, request, solicit, call on, invite, entreat, beg for, petition for, appeal for, apply for, put in for. 4 we constantly seek to improve the service: try, attempt, endeavour, strive, work, aim, aspire, do one's best, set out; formal essay.

 

Duden Dictionary

Seekadett

See ka dett Substantiv, maskulin Militär , der |S ee kadett |a niedrigster Dienstgrad eines Offiziersanwärters (bei der Marine )b Träger dieses Dienstgrades

 

Seekarte

See kar te Substantiv, feminin , die |S ee karte |nautischen Zwecken dienende Karte 6 mit Angaben für die Navigation

 

Seekasse

See kas se Substantiv, feminin , die |S ee kasse |Versicherung für in der Seefahrt beschäftigte Personen

 

seeklar

see klar Adjektiv Seemannssprache |s ee klar |fertig zur Fahrt aufs Meer ein Schiff seeklar machen

 

Seeklima

See kli ma Substantiv, Neutrum Geografie , das |S ee klima |besonders in Küstengebieten herrschendes, vom Meer beeinflusstes Klima, das sich durch hohe Luftfeuchtigkeit und verhältnismäßig geringe Temperaturschwankungen auszeichnet

 

seekrank

see krank Adjektiv |s ee krank |an einem Zustand heftiger Übelkeit [mit Erbrechen ] leidend, der durch das Schlingern des Schiffs auf dem Meer hervorgerufen wird sie wird leicht seekrank

 

Seekrankheit

See krank heit Substantiv, feminin , die |S ee krankheit |durch das Schwanken eines Schiffes auf bewegtem Wasser verursachte Übelkeit [mit Erbrechen ]

 

Seekrieg

See krieg Substantiv, maskulin , der |S ee krieg |mit Seestreitkräften [und Flugzeugen ] auf See geführter Krieg um die Seeherrschaft

 

Seekuh

See kuh Substantiv, feminin , die |S ee kuh |großes Säugetier mit massigem, walzenförmigem, unbehaartem Körper, das an Küsten und in Binnengewässern der Tropen und Subtropen lebt

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

seek

seek /siːk /動詞 ～s /-s /; sought /sɔːt /, ～ing 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈人が 〉〈答え 仕事 場所など 〉を探す , 探し求める ; …を見つけ出そうとする (!新聞 広告などで好んで用いられる; 一般にはlook forが好まれる ) ▸ seek reasonable answers 筋の通った回答を求める ▸ Highly qualified secretary seeks employment .有能な秘書が職を探しています (!求職の個人広告の文面; 広告ではしばしば 冠詞 を省略する ) 2 〈地位 利益など 〉を手に入れようとする ▸ Two people sought refuge in the American embassy .2人の人物が米国大使館に保護を求めてきた ▸ Publicity- seeking politicians take every photo opportunity there is .目立つチャンスをいつもうかがっている政治家たちは, 写真に写るチャンスはのがさない 3 ｟かたく ｠〖～ to do 〗…しようとする (try )▸ Women have sought to expand their rights in society .女性は社会の中での権利拡張に努力してきた 4 【人に 】〈忠告 答えなど 〉を 求める , 要求する (ask for ) «from » ▸ If you feel sick, you should seek medical advice from your doctor .気分が良くないなら医者にアドバイスをもらったほうがよい 5 …へ自然に動く , 行く (go to )▸ seek a park for rest 休息を求めて公園に赴く 自動詞 ｟主に英 かたく ｠ «…を » 捜す , 手に入れようとする , 求める «for , after » ; «…を » くわしく調べる «through , into » ▸ seek for pleasures [wealth ]快楽 [富 ]を追い求める ▸ They sought for somewhere to shelter .彼らは避難場所を探した ▸ The police sought through the room .警察は部屋をくまなく捜した be n ò t f á r to s è ek 〈原因 答えなどが 〉すぐに見つかる [わかる ].(m ù ch [h ì ghly ]) s ó ught after 〈人 物が 〉求められている, 需要がある, 引っぱりだこである ▸ He is one of the most sought after young actors in Hollywood .彼はハリウッドで最も人気のある俳優の1人だ s è ek A ó ut [ó ut A ]｟かたく ｠(苦労して )A 〈人 物 〉を探し出す ▸ He tried to seek out his real mother for a long time .彼は長い間, 実の母親を探し出そうとしていた

 

seeker

s é ek er 名詞 C 〖通例 ～s; 通例複合語で 〗(…を )捜し求める人, (…の )探求者 ▸ job seekers 職探しをする人