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seeking
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | looking for |
| Synonyms: | hunting, probing, pursuing, searching |
| Main Entry: | seek |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look for |
| Synonyms: | be after, beat the bushes, bird-dog, bob for, cast about, chase, comb, delve, delve for, dig for, dragnet, explore, fan, ferret out, fish, fish for, follow, go after, gun for, hunt, inquire, investigate, leave no stone unturned, look about, look around, look high and low, mouse, nose*, prowl, pursue, quest, ransack, root, run after, scout, scratch, search for, search out, sniff out, track down |
| Antonyms: | find |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | seek |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try, attempt |
| Synonyms: | aim, aspire to, assay, endeavor, essay, have a go at, offer, pursue, strive, struggle, undertake |
| Antonyms: | neglect |
| Main Entry: | seek |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask, inquire |
| Synonyms: | beg, entreat, find out, invite, petition, query, request, solicit |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
| Main Entry: | hunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | search, chase |
| Synonyms: | coursing, exploration, field sport, following, frisking, game, hounding, hunting, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, interrogation, investigation, look-see, meddling, probe, prosecution, prying, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, race, raid, reconnaissance, research, rummage, scrutiny, seeking, sifting, snooping, sporting, steeplechase, study, tracing, trailing |
| Main Entry: | pursuit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chase, search |
| Synonyms: | following, going all out, hunt, hunting, inquiry, pursual, pursuance, pursuing, quest, reaching, seeking, stalk, tracking, trail, trailing |
| Antonyms: | retreat, surrender |
| Main Entry: | quest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | search, exploration |
| Synonyms: | adventure, chase, crusade, delving, enterprise, examination, expedition, hunt, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, journey, mission, pilgrimmage, prey, probe, probing, pursual, pursuit, quarry, research, seeking, voyage |
| Main Entry: | searching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | probing |
| Synonyms: | curious, experimental, exploratory, fact-finding, inquiring, inquisitive, penetrating, seeking, sharp, studious |
| Main Entry: | requesting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | asking |
| Synonyms: | calling for, demanding, petitioning, requisitioning, seeking, soliciting, wanting, wishing |
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