seek

Signification

Verb

1. To try to find; to look for; to search for.
2. To ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.
4. (obsolete) To go, move, travel (in a given direction).
5. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
6. To attempt, endeavour, try
7. To navigate through a stream.

Noun

The operation of navigating through a stream.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/siːk/

Étymologie

From Middle English seken (also sechen, whence dialectal English seech), from Old English sēċan (compare beseech); from Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (“to seek”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek out”).
Cognate with West Frisian sykje, Dutch zoeken, Low German söken, German suchen, Danish søge, Icelandic sækja, Norwegian Bokmål søke, Norwegian Nynorsk søkja, Swedish söka. The Middle English and later Modern English hard /k/ derives from Old English sēcð, the third person singular; the forms with /k/ were then reinforced by cognate Old Norse sǿkja.

Phrases

Some factions favour a separate state while others seek regional autonomy .

Certaines factions favorisent un état distinct tandis que d'autres recherchent une autonomie régionale.