sought

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sought

/sɔːt/ UK
/soːt/ Australia, British, New Zealand
/sɔt/ US
/sɑt/ cot caught merger
/sɔt/ Scotland

Sounds like sort (non-rhotic), sot (cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɔːt

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of seek

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sought-after, wanted, accessed, achieved, addressed, aimed, appeal, appealed, application, applied, approached, ask, asked, asks, aspired, attached

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"sought." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sought. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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sought. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sought

Chicago

"sought." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sought.

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@misc{sought_2026,
  title = {sought},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sought},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}