Definitions for seeking
seek·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 4 votes

1. quest, seekingnoun

   the act of searching for something

   "a quest for diamonds"

2. seekingnoun

   an attempt to acquire or gain something

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. seekingnoun

   action of the verb to seek

2. seekingadjective

   that seeks something specified

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. seeking

   Seeking refers to the act of searching, exploring, or striving to obtain, achieve, or find something. It involves a directed effort towards a goal, pursuit of knowledge, or a quest for something desired or considered important.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Seeking

   of Seek

Matched Categories

1. • Attempt
   • Search

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'seeking' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2227

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'seeking' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2935

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce seeking?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say seeking in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of seeking in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of seeking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of seeking in a Sentence

1. Muriel Bowser:

   I've asked for the deployment of National Guard as long as we need National Guard to deal with the crisis that we expect to escalate, the number of people crossing the border seeking asylum we expect to only go up. And we need to make sure that there is a national response, not an ad-hoc, city by city, state by state response.

2. Orison Swett Marden:

   The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others -- it is in yourself alone.

3. Public Information Nick Cavey:

   Maryland officials have received subpoenas from federal officials, federal authorities have asked us not to disclose the information they are seeking as part of their ongoing criminal investigation.

4. Mark Bowden:

   The board adopted the rule to address what it saw as the unsafe practice of medicine, the rule did not adopt the rule to place an undue burden on women seeking to terminate their pregnancies.

5. Martin Schulz:

   The Mediterranean becomes a mass grave, gruesome scenes play out at borders, there is mutual blame - and those in greatest need, seeking our protection, are left without help.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=seeking
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Seeking
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seeking
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=seeking