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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  seek
       
          1.  To move the head of a disk drive radially,
          i.e., to move from one track to another.
       
          2.  To wind the tape to a given location.
       
          3.  To move the pointer that marks the next byte
          to be read from or written to a file.
       
          (1997-07-15)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Seek \Seek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sought; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Seeking.] [OE. seken, AS. s[=e]can, s[=e]cean; akin to OS.
     s[=o]kian, LG. s["o]ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen,
     Icel. s[ae]kja, Sw. s["o]ka, Dan. s["o]ge, Goth. s[=o]kjan,
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he
              said, I seek my brethren.             --Gen. xxxvii.
                                                    15, 16.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. --Luke
                                                    xi. 16.
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     3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as,
        to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. --Amos v. 5.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains.
                                                    --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Seek \Seek\, a.
     Sick. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Seek \Seek\, v. i.
     To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. --Isa.
                                                    xxxiv. 16.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     To seek, needing to seek or search; hence, unprepared.
        ``Unpracticed, unprepared, 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.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To seek
              Upon a man and do his soul unrest.    --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Seek \Seek\, v. i.
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Seek \Seek\, a.
     Sick. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Seek \Seek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sought; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Seeking.] [OE, seken, AS. s?can, s?cean; akin to OS.
     s?kian, LG. s["o]ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen,
     Icel. s?kja, Sw. s["o]ka, Dan. s["o]ge, Goth. s?kjan, 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  seek
       n : the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track
           on a disk
       v 1: try to get or reach; "seek a position"; "seek an education";
            "seek happiness"
       2: try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence
          of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are
          searching for the missing man in the entire county" [syn:
          search, look for]
       3: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his
          fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The
          police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve
          himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn:
           try, attempt, essay, assay]
       4: go to or towards; "a liquid seeks its own level"
       5: inquire for; "seek directions from a local"
       [also: sought]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  seek
     Αγγλικά vb.
     ψάχνω, αναζητώ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  seek
     n.
     (lb en computing) The operation of navigate through a stream.
     vb.
     (lb en ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Seek
     n.
     (obsolete form of en Sikh)
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  seek
     n.
     (lb en computing) The operation of navigate through a stream.
     vb.
     (lb en ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Seek
     n.
     (obsolete form of en Sikh)
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  seek
     n.
     (lb en computing) The operation of navigate through a stream.
     vb.
     (lb en ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Seek
     n.
     (obsolete form of en Sikh)
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  seek
     n.
     (lb en computing) The operation of navigate through a stream.
     vb.
     (lb en ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Seek
     n.
     (obsolete form of en Sikh)
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  seek
     Englanti vb.
     1 etsiä, hakea
     2 pyrkiä johonkin tulokseen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  seek
     Engelska vb.
     söka, leta efter

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  seek /sˈiːk/
  soek

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Seek /sˈiːk/
  أرد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  seek //siːk// 
  1. искам
  to ask for
  2. тъ́рся, тараша
  to try to find
  3. стремя се
  to try to reach or come to