seek

verb

ADVERB

▪ aggressively (esp. AmE), avidly, eagerly, keenly (esp. BrE)

▪ actively

▪

people who are unemployed and actively seeking work (BrE)

▪ desperately, urgently

▪

He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.

▪ deliberately

▪

He deliberately sought to expand his country's influence on the region.

▪ always, consistently, constantly, continually

▪ initially

▪

They initially sought to blame others for the disaster.

▪ currently

▪

The developer is currently seeking funding for the project.

▪ successfully

▪ in vain, unsuccessfully, vainly

▪

We sought in vain for a solution.

VERB + SEEK

▪ continue to

PREPOSITION

▪ for

▪

We're seeking for alternative materials which might bring the cost down.

▪ in

▪

the answers she sought in those books

PHRASES

▪ highly sought after

▪

Jobs in Paris are highly sought after.

Seek is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑hand, ↑immigrant, ↑movement, ↑petition, ↑plaintiff

Seek is used with these nouns as the object: ↑acceptance, ↑access, ↑accommodation, ↑admission, ↑advice, ↑alliance, ↑alternative, ↑anonymity, ↑answer, ↑applicant, ↑approval, ↑armistice, ↑assistance, ↑assurance, ↑asylum, ↑audience, ↑authorization, ↑autonomy, ↑backing, ↑balance, ↑challenge, ↑clarification, ↑clearance, ↑closure, ↑comfort, ↑comment, ↑companionship, ↑company, ↑compensation, ↑compromise, ↑confirmation, ↑consent, ↑consolation, ↑consultation, ↑convert, ↑cooperation, ↑counsel, ↑counselling, ↑cover, ↑cure, ↑custody, ↑damage, ↑deal, ↑destruction, ↑divorce, ↑domination, ↑employment, ↑endorsement, ↑equality, ↑escape, ↑exemption, ↑explanation, ↑extradition, ↑fame, ↑favour, ↑feedback, ↑forgiveness, ↑fortune, ↑freedom, ↑fulfilment, ↑funding, ↑gain, ↑guidance, ↑help, ↑immunity, ↑improvement, ↑independence, ↑indulgence, ↑information, ↑injunction, ↑input, ↑inspiration, ↑justice, ↑liberation, ↑limelight, ↑love, ↑mandate, ↑membership, ↑nomination, ↑office, ↑opinion, ↑pardon, ↑partner, ↑partnership, ↑peace, ↑penalty, ↑perfection, ↑permission, ↑permit, ↑political asylum, ↑promotion, ↑protection, ↑publicity, ↑reassurance, ↑recognition, ↑reconciliation, ↑recourse, ↑redemption, ↑reduction, ↑reform, ↑refuge, ↑refund, ↑registration, ↑relief, ↑remedy, ↑removal, ↑renewal, ↑replacement, ↑representation, ↑resolution, ↑respectability, ↑respite, ↑retribution, ↑return, ↑revenge, ↑review, ↑salvation, ↑sanctuary, ↑service, ↑settlement, ↑shelter, ↑showdown, ↑solace, ↑solitude, ↑solution, ↑sponsor, ↑sponsorship, ↑support, ↑tender, ↑term, ↑therapy, ↑treatment, ↑truth, ↑understanding, ↑undertaking, ↑unity, ↑vengeance, ↑victory, ↑warrant, ↑way, ↑wisdom, ↑writ