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seek

Meaning of seek

to try to find or get

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British English/siːk/
American English/siːk/
Russian transcription[ʲɪˈskatʲ]
seek
seek - искать
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seek with Russian translation

seek usage examples

🇷🇺Russian🇬🇧English

Они ищут лучший способ решить проблему.

They seek a better way to solve the problem.

🇷🇺Russian🇬🇧English

Она ищет помощь, когда работа становится трудной.

She seeks help when the work gets hard.

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seek belongs to the topic "Top 1000". Start with a short 7-word set so the word is easier to remember in context.

seekискать
cookготовить
changeменять
tieзавязывать
followследовать
removeубирать
feelощущаться

seek synonyms

Related word breakdowns

What's the difference between seek / look for / search for / hunt for / quest for

🇬🇧English
seek

standard and general verb meaning to try to find or get something

B1Very Often

She sought help from a doctor.

Она искала помощи у врача.

🇬🇧English

common everyday phrase for trying to find something or someone

B1Very Often

I’m looking for my keys.

Я ищу свои ключи.

🇬🇧English

to look for something carefully, often in a more systematic way

B1Often

They searched for the lost child in the park.

Они искали потерявшегося ребёнка в парке.

H
🇬🇧English
hunt for

to look for something with effort and determination, sometimes aggressively or for a hard-to-find thing

B1Often

We are hunting for a cheap apartment.

Мы ищем недорогую квартиру.

Q
🇬🇧English
quest for

to search for something important or abstract, often in a formal or literary way

B1Rarely

The team is on a quest for success.

Команда стремится к успеху.

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How to pronounce seek and what this word means

seek translation: искать. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce seek

/siːk/

seek translation

искать

seek examples

They seek a better way to solve the problem.

seek transcription

/siːk/, /siːk/

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seek meaning: what does it mean?

to try to find or get

seek pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

seek is pronounced as /siːk/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

seek definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

They seek a better way to solve the problem. Translation: Они ищут лучший способ решить проблему.

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