Seek
verb — past tense: Sought ; past participle: Sought ; present participle: Seeking ; 3rd person singular present Seeks
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- (TRANSITIVE) (after for) something (sought, seeking, to make a search or inquiry for, to try to find or obtain or do, to aim at, to seemingly) ស្វែងរក seek a new home ស្វែងរក, seek advice សូម, seek to convince him ប្រឹងប្រែង, ខំ
Example: We sought long and hard but found no answer. - 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ស្វះស្វែងរក, ស្នើសុំ
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: Sought ; past participle: Sought ; present participle: Seeking ; 3rd person singular present Seeks
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To make search or inquiry: to endeavor to make discovery.
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- ask, attempt, endeavor, ferret, hunt, investigate, look, probe, pursue, rummage, scour, scrutinize, search, try
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- Sick