English Dictionary

seek

IPA（発音記号）

/siːk/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞 廃用 禁用 時々

(transitive, intransitive) 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.

日本語の意味

探し求める、見つけ出そうとする / 求める、懇願する / 得ようと努力する、目指す

We often seek advice from experienced colleagues when facing difficult problems.

困難な問題に直面したとき、私たちはしばしば経験豊富な同僚に助言を求めます。

意味（1）

(transitive, intransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.

I seek wisdom.

意味（2）

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

I seek forgiveness through repentance.

意味（3）

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

I sought my fortune on the goldfields.

意味（4）

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

Ryght so he sought[…]towarde Sandewyche where he founde before hym many galyard knyghtes

意味（5）

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

When the alarm went off I sought the exit in a panic.

意味（6）

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

Our company does not seek to limit its employees from using the internet or engaging in social networking.

意味（7）

(intransitive, computing) To navigate through a stream.

Most of the changes made to this control are to accommodate the various constraints that playback of streaming media may impose in broadcast streams, such as the inability to seek through the media.

seeks （ present singular third-person ）

seeking （ participle present ）

sought （ participle past ）

sought （ past ）