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seeking
Overview of noun seeking
The noun seeking has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. quest, seeking -- (the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds")
2. seeking -- (an attempt to acquire or gain something)
Overview of verb seek
The verb seek has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (44) seek -- (try to get or reach; "seek a position"; "seek an education"; "seek happiness")
2. (41) search, seek, look for -- (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")
3. (32) try, seek, attempt, essay, assay -- (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")
4. seek -- (go to or towards; "a liquid seeks its own level")
5. seek -- (inquire for; "seek directions from a local")
Overview of adj seeking
The adj seeking has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) seeking -- (trying to obtain; "profit-seeking producers"; "people seeking happiness")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun seeking
2 senses of seeking
Sense 1
quest, seeking
=> search, hunt, hunting
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
seeking
=> attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun seeking
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun seeking
2 senses of seeking
Sense 1
quest, seeking
=> search, hunt, hunting
Sense 2
seeking
=> attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
Antonyms of noun seeking
Member Holonyms of noun seeking
Substance Holonyms of noun seeking
Part Holonyms of noun seeking
Member Meronyms of noun seeking
Substance Meronyms of noun seeking
Part Meronyms of noun seeking
Meronyms of noun seeking
Holonyms of noun seeking
Attributes of noun seeking
Derived Forms of noun seeking
2 senses of seeking
Sense 1
quest, seeking
RELATED TO>(verb) seek#2
=> search, seek, look for
Sense 2
seeking
RELATED TO>(verb) seek#1
=> seek
Domain of noun seeking
Domain Terms of noun seeking
Familiarity of noun seeking
seeking used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun seeking
2 senses of seeking
Sense 1
quest, seeking
> search, hunt, hunting
=> exploration
=> foraging, forage
=> frisk, frisking
=> looking, looking for
=> manhunt
=> quest, seeking
=> ransacking, rummage
=> scouring
=> shakedown
Sense 2
seeking
> attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
=> batting
=> best
=> worst
=> bid, play
=> crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer
=> essay
=> foray
=> contribution, part, share
=> liberation
=> mug's game
=> power play, squeeze play, squeeze
=> seeking
=> shot, stab
=> shot
=> striving, nisus, pains, strain
=> struggle, battle
=> takeover attempt
=> test, trial, run
=> test, trial
Meronyms of noun seeking
2 senses of seeking
Holonyms of noun seeking
Grep of noun seeking
heat-seeking missile
north-seeking pole
seeking
self-seeking
south-seeking pole
status seeking
Antonyms of verb seek
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb seek
5 senses of seek
Sense 1
seek
=> desire, want
Sense 2
search, seek, look for
Sense 3
try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
=> act, move
Sense 4
seek
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 5
seek
=> request
=> wonder, inquire, enquire
=> question, query
=> ask
=> address, turn to
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb seek
3 of 5 senses of seek
Sense 1
seek
=> bid
=> quest
Sense 2
search, seek, look for
=> dredge, drag
=> finger
=> grope, fumble
=> divine
=> browse, surf
=> leave no stone unturned
=> hunt
=> gather
=> want
=> scour
=> seek out
=> quest for, go after, quest after, pursue
=> fish, angle
=> grub
=> feel
=> shop, browse
Sense 3
try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
=> take a dare, pick up the gauntlet
=> fight, struggle
=> have a go, give it a try
=> grope
=> endeavor, endeavour, strive
=> give it a whirl, give it a try
=> gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
=> risk, put on the line, lay on the line
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb seek
5 senses of seek
Sense 1
seek
=> desire, want
Sense 2
search, seek, look for
Sense 3
try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
=> act, move
Sense 4
seek
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 5
seek
=> request
'Cause To' of verb seek
Derived Forms of verb seek
2 of 5 senses of seek
Sense 1
seek
RELATED TO>(noun) seeking#2
=> seeking
Sense 2
search, seek, look for
RELATED TO>(noun) seeking#1
=> quest, seeking
Domain of verb seek
Domain Terms of verb seek
Familiarity of verb seek
seek used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb seek
5 senses of seek
Sense 1
seek
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
search, seek, look for
EX: The banks seek the check
EX: They seek the water
EX: Sam cannot seek Sue
Sense 3
try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
EX: They seek to move
Sense 4
seek
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 5
seek
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something from somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb seek
4 of 5 senses of seek
Sense 1
seek
> desire, want
=> crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust
=> fancy, go for, take to
=> miss
=> hope
=> wish
=> wish, wish well
=> wish, care, like
=> itch, spoil
=> like
=> ambition
=> feel like
=> envy, begrudge
=> lust after, lech after
=> hanker, long, yearn
=> seek
Sense 3
try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
> act, move
=> alternate, take turns
=> finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish
=> rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate
=> interrupt, disturb
=> react, respond
=> go ahead, plow ahead
=> attack, aggress
=> force
=> create
=> come to the fore, step forward, come forward, step up, step to the fore, come out
=> reward, repay, pay back
=> satisfice, staisfise
=> maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre
=> dispatch
=> evade
=> race
=> use
=> play it by ear
=> play
=> deal
=> partner
=> exert
=> egotrip
=> reciprocate
=> go, proceed, move
=> come close
=> perform
=> make bold, dare, presume
=> prosecute, engage, pursue
=> act on
=> interact
=> react, oppose
=> take time by the forelock
=> coact
=> volunteer, offer
=> get around to
=> dally, toy, play, flirt
=> set about, go about, approach
=> participate, take part
=> misbehave, misconduct, misdemean
=> condescend, stoop, lower oneself
=> behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
=> behave, comport
=> try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
=> woo, court, romance, solicit
=> court
=> dare
=> effect
=> antagonize, antagonise, counteract
=> anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter
=> prosecute
=> perpetrate, commit, pull
=> rampage
=> cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
=> condescend, deign, descend
=> condescend
=> take care
=> lord it over, queen it over, put on airs, act superior
=> stampede
=> make a point, make sure
=> repeat, take over
=> surprise
=> sneak
=> play
=> take
=> guard
=> begin, start
=> go off half-cocked, go off at half-cock
=> wait, hold off, hold back
=> continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep
=> do well, had best
=> continue
=> continue, persist in
Sense 4
seek
> travel, go, move, locomote
=> go around, spread, circulate
=> carry
=> ease
=> whish
=> float
=> swap
=> seek
=> whine
=> fly
=> ride
=> come
=> ghost
=> betake oneself
=> pass over, overfly
=> travel
=> wend
=> do
=> raft
=> get around, get about
=> repair, resort
=> cruise
=> travel, journey
=> come, come up
=> round
=> trundle
=> push
=> travel purposefully
=> swing
=> roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> walk, take the air
=> weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
=> forge, spurt, spirt
=> crawl, creep
=> scramble
=> slither, slide
=> wheel, roll
=> glide
=> bounce, jounce
=> breeze
=> float, drift, be adrift, blow
=> play
=> float, swim
=> walk
=> turn, move around
=> circle
=> slice into, slice through
=> stray, err, drift
=> run
=> step
=> drive, motor
=> automobile
=> ski
=> fly, wing
=> steamer, steam
=> tram
=> taxi
=> ferry
=> caravan
=> ride, sit
=> prance
=> swim
=> rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
=> ascend, go up
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> fall
=> zigzag, crank
=> follow, travel along
=> advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
=> withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
=> retrograde
=> proceed, go forward, continue
=> back
=> pan
=> follow
=> precede, lead
=> pursue, follow
=> return, go back, get back, come back
=> derail, jump
=> flock
=> accompany
=> billow
=> circulate
=> circle, circulate
=> angle
=> pass, go through, go across
=> travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
=> travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
=> speed
=> zoom
=> drive
=> rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
=> trail, shack
=> shuttle
=> hiss, whoosh
=> whisk
=> career
=> circuit
=> lance
=> outflank, go around
=> propagate
=> draw
=> transfer, change
=> swash
=> pace
=> step, tread
=> step
=> hurtle
=> retreat
=> whistle
=> island hop
=> plow, plough
=> lurch
=> sift
=> fall
=> drag
=> run
=> bang
=> precess
=> travel, move around
=> ride
=> snowshoe
=> beetle
Sense 5
seek
> request
=> seek
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb seek
Sense 1
seek
=> desire, want
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Sense 2
search, seek, look for
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Sense 3
try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
=> act, move
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Sense 4
seek
=> travel, go, move, locomote
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Sense 5
seek
=> request
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Grep of verb seek
seek
seek out
Antonyms of adj seeking
Similarity of adj seeking
1 sense of seeking
Sense 1
seeking
Participle of verb seek (Sense 1)
=>seek
=> desire, want
Pertainyms of adj seeking
Attributes of adj seeking
Domain of adj seeking
Domain Terms of adj seeking
Familiarity of adj seeking
seeking used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj seeking
seeking
self-seeking
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