seeking
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seeking
- /ˈsiː.kɪŋ/
Rhymes with -iːkɪŋ
Where it comes from
From seek + -ing.
noun seekings
- The act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something. […] the Company contemplated having their works at Esher—for they have had long and anxious seekings for a location—to store our gun-cotton in unlimited quantity […]
adjective
- That seeks something specified.
verb
- present participle and gerund of seek While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: quest, search, searching, exploring, finding, research, getting, achieving, investigational, researching, pursue, pursuing, request, find, endeavouring, asking
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adj that seeks something specified
| Русский | поисковый poiskovyj |
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Talk about this word "seeking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/seeking. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. seeking. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/seeking "seeking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/seeking.Cite this
@misc{seeking_2026,
title = {seeking},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seeking},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
