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"word": "aseek"
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"word": "attention-seeking"
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"word": "beseek"
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"word": "foreseek"
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"word": "forseek"
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"word": "hide and go seek"
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"word": "hide and seek"
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"word": "ideal-seeking behavior"
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"word": "misseek"
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"word": "north-seeking pole"
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{
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"word": "outseek"
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"word": "rent seeking"
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{
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"word": "seek a knot in a bulrush"
},
{
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"word": "seek and ye shall find"
},
{
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"word": "seek for"
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{
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"word": "seek-no-further"
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{
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"word": "seek one's virtuous couch"
},
{
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"word": "seek out"
},
{
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"word": "seek time"
},
{
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"word": "south-seeking pole"
},
{
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"word": "underseek"
},
{
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"word": "upseek"
}
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*seh₂g-"
},
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"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "seken"
},
"expansion": "Middle English seken",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "sechen"
},
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{
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"name": "cog"
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"3": "sēċan"
},
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"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
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},
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*sōkijan"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
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"t": "to seek"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*seh₂g-",
"t": "to seek out"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek out”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "sykje"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian sykje",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "zoeken"
},
"expansion": "Dutch zoeken",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "söken"
},
"expansion": "Low German söken",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "suchen"
},
"expansion": "German suchen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "søge"
},
"expansion": "Danish søge",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "sækja"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic sækja",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "søke"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål søke",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "søkja"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk søkja",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "söka"
},
"expansion": "Swedish söka",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "sēcð"
},
"expansion": "Old English sēcð",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "sǿkja"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse sǿkja",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English seken (also sechen, whence dialectal English seech), from Old English sēċan (compare beseech); from Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (“to seek”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek out”).\nCognate with West Frisian sykje, Dutch zoeken, Low German söken, German suchen, Danish søge, Icelandic sækja, Norwegian Bokmål søke, Norwegian Nynorsk søkja, Swedish söka. The Middle English and later Modern English hard /k/ derives from Old English sēcð, the third person singular; the forms with /k/ were then reinforced by cognate Old Norse sǿkja.",
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{
"form": "seeks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "seeking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sought",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sought",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "en-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "seek",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "seeking",
"3": "sought"
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"past": "sought",
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hide and seek"
},
{
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"word": "seeker"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I seek wisdom.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist",
"text": "Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To try to find; to look for; to search for."
],
"id": "en-seek-en-verb-fpLHz5Xt",
"links": [
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"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
],
[
"try",
"try"
],
[
"find",
"find"
],
[
"look for",
"look for"
],
[
"search",
"search"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "look for"
},
{
"word": "search for"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "soek"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "kërkoj"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "baḥaṯa",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "بَحَثَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭalaba",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "طَلَبَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "dawwar",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "دور"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʿntrel",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "փնտրել"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "caftu (roa-rup)"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "tser"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "buscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "guetar"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "axtarmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "aramaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "šukácʹ",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "шука́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "khō̃ja",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "খোঁজা"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tǎ́rsja",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "тъ́рся"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "taraša",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "тараша"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hra",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ရှာ"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "cercar"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "lexa",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "леха"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "uyoha",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ᎤᏲᎭ"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "搵"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "wan²",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "揾"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎo",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "找"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "找尋"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎoxún",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "找寻"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "尋找"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xúnzhǎo",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "寻找"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sōusuǒ",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "搜索"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "hledat"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "søge"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "zoeken"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "nastreven"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "serĉi"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "otsima"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "eve",
"lang": "Even",
"roman": "gələt-",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "гэлэт-"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "evn",
"lang": "Evenki",
"roman": "gələ-",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "гэлэ-"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "søkja"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "etsiä"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "hakea"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "chercher"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "cirî"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "buscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ʒebna",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ძებნა"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "suchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German"
],
"word": "sueche"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "sōkjan",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "bisaiƕan",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "zitó",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ζητώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "zētéō",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ζητέω"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khipés",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "חִפֵּשׂ"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ḍhū̃ṛhnā",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ढूँढ़ना"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ḍhūṇḍhnā",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ढूँढना"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "khojnā",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "खोजना"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "keres"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "kutat"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "leita"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "serchar"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "mencari"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "mencari-cari"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "inh",
"lang": "Ingush",
"roman": "laxa",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "лаха"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "cercare"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ricercare"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"alt": "さがす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sagasu",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "探す"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"alt": "さがしまわる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sagashi-mawaru",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "探し回る"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "golèk"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "xqa",
"lang": "Karakhanid",
"roman": "irtēmēk",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "اِرْتاماكْ"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "xqa",
"lang": "Karakhanid",
"roman": "istēmēk",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "اِسْتاماكْ"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "svaeng rɔɔk",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ស្វែងរក"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chatda",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "찾다"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chuguhada",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "추구하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "bushkar"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "hā",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ຫາ"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sǭk",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ຊອກ"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sǭk hā",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ຊອກຫາ"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "quaerō"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "meklēt"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ieškoti"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "söken"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bara",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "бара"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "traga",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "трага"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "mencari"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tirayuka",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "തിരയുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nōkkuka",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "നോക്കുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tēṭuka",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "തേടുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "fittex"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "auhaha"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "haha"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "kimi"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "kimikimi"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "rapa"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "rapu"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "rapurapu"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "whakarapu"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "pōrangi"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "raparapa"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "hāhau"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "in a game of hide and seek",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ngaropoko"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "erex",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "эрэх"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xajx",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "хайх"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "khojnu",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "खोज्नु"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "søke"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "lete"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "cercar"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "boscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "sēċan"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "nēosian"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "pap",
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "buska"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "jostoju kardan",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "جستجو کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "jostan",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "جستن"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "sieekjen no"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "poszukiwać"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "szukać"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "procurar"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ashiy"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "maskhay"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "maskai"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "aşii"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "căuta"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iskátʹ",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "иска́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razýskivatʹ",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "разы́скивать"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pytátʹsja najtí",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пыта́ться найти́"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "lorg"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "sir"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "iarr"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "тра́жити"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "trážiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "hľadať"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "iskati"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pytaś"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "isteer",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "истеер"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "buscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "osp",
"lang": "Old Spanish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "buscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "kutafuta"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "söka"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "leta"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "tby",
"lang": "Tabaru",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "tike"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "justujü kardan",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ҷустуҷӯ кардан"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "tft",
"lang": "Ternate",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "tike"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mɔɔng-hǎa",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "มองหา"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "aramak"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "agtarmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "šukáty",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "шука́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ḍhū̃ḍhnā",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ڈھونڈھنا"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "axtarmoq"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "qidirmoq"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "risercar"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "tìm"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "tìm kiếm"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "cweri"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "chwilio am"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "sykje"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 2 12 2 10 4 1",
"code": "nmn",
"lang": "ǃXóõ",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ǃxáa"
}
]
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{
"text": "I seek forgiveness through repentance.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1960, Lobsang Rampa, The Rampa Story",
"text": "“My, my! It is indeed a long way yet, look you!” said the pleasant woman of whom I sought directions.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To ask for; to solicit; to beseech."
],
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[
"ask",
"ask"
],
[
"solicit",
"solicit"
],
[
"beseech",
"beseech"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To ask for; to solicit; to beseech."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 82 3 3 4 3 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iskam",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "искам"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 82 3 3 4 3 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "voler aconseguir"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 82 3 3 4 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "pyytää"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 82 3 3 4 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "anella"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 82 3 3 4 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "anoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 82 3 3 4 3 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "quérir"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 82 3 3 4 3 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "chiedere"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 82 3 3 4 3 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "chierere"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 82 3 3 4 3 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "quaerō"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 82 3 3 4 3 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "volō obtinēre"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 82 3 3 4 3 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "pedir"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 82 3 3 4 3 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "pedir"
}
]
},
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{
"_dis": "31 5 4 11 5 12 3 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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"kind": "other",
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{
"text": "I sought my fortune on the goldfields.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1880, George Q. Cannon, How the Gospel is Preached By the Elders, etc.",
"text": "But persecution sought the lives of men of this character.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1886, Constantine Popoff, translation of Leo Tolstoy's What I Believe",
"text": "I can no longer seek fame or glory, nor can I help trying to get rid of my riches, which separate me from my fellow-creatures."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at."
],
"id": "en-seek-en-verb-ei~YrplR",
"links": [
[
"acquire",
"acquire"
],
[
"gain",
"gain"
],
[
"strive",
"strive"
],
[
"aim",
"aim"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "11 1 69 1 11 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to try to acquire or gain",
"word": "tavoitella"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 1 69 1 11 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to try to acquire or gain",
"word": "etsiä"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 1 69 1 11 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to try to acquire or gain",
"word": "hakea"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To go, move, travel (in a given direction)."
],
"id": "en-seek-en-verb-PAv~AUcv",
"links": [
[
"go",
"go"
],
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"travel",
"travel"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, obsolete) To go, move, travel (in a given direction)."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 4 3 80 4 3 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to travel (in a given direction)",
"word": "pyrkiä (jotakin kohti)"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "31 5 4 11 5 12 3 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
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"_dis": "25 3 3 17 4 18 2 27",
"kind": "other",
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"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "When the alarm went off I sought the exit in a panic.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to."
],
"id": "en-seek-en-verb-4SU4LLo9",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "8 2 8 1 77 3 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "stremja se",
"sense": "to try to reach or come to",
"word": "стремя се"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 2 8 1 77 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to try to reach or come to",
"word": "pyrkiä (jonnekin)"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 2 8 1 77 3 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to try to reach or come to",
"word": "etsiä"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Our company does not seek to limit its employees from using the internet or engaging in social networking.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To attempt, endeavour, try"
],
"id": "en-seek-en-verb-ukl7o9UN",
"links": [
[
"attempt",
"attempt"
],
[
"endeavour",
"endeavour"
],
[
"try",
"try"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, sometimes proscribed) To attempt, endeavour, try"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"proscribed",
"sometimes"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Computing",
"orig": "en:Computing",
"parents": [
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
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{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "soek"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "kërkoj"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "baḥaṯa",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "بَحَثَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭalaba",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "طَلَبَ"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "dawwar",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "دور"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʿntrel",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "փնտրել"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "caftu (roa-rup)"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "tser"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "buscar"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "guetar"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "axtarmaq"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "aramaq"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "šukácʹ",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "шука́ць"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "khō̃ja",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "খোঁজা"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tǎ́rsja",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "тъ́рся"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "taraša",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "тараша"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hra",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ရှာ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "cercar"
},
{
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "lexa",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "леха"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "uyoha",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ᎤᏲᎭ"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "搵"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "wan²",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "揾"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎo",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "找"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "找尋"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǎoxún",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "找寻"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "尋找"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xúnzhǎo",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "寻找"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sōusuǒ",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "搜索"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "hledat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "søge"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "zoeken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "nastreven"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "serĉi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "otsima"
},
{
"code": "eve",
"lang": "Even",
"roman": "gələt-",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "гэлэт-"
},
{
"code": "evn",
"lang": "Evenki",
"roman": "gələ-",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "гэлэ-"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "søkja"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "etsiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "hakea"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "chercher"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "cirî"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "buscar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ʒebna",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ძებნა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "suchen"
},
{
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German"
],
"word": "sueche"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "sōkjan",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "bisaiƕan",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "zitó",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ζητώ"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "zētéō",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ζητέω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khipés",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "חִפֵּשׂ"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ḍhū̃ṛhnā",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ढूँढ़ना"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ḍhūṇḍhnā",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ढूँढना"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "khojnā",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "खोजना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "keres"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "kutat"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "leita"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "serchar"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "mencari"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "mencari-cari"
},
{
"code": "inh",
"lang": "Ingush",
"roman": "laxa",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "лаха"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "cercare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ricercare"
},
{
"alt": "さがす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sagasu",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "探す"
},
{
"alt": "さがしまわる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sagashi-mawaru",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "探し回る"
},
{
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "golèk"
},
{
"code": "xqa",
"lang": "Karakhanid",
"roman": "irtēmēk",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "اِرْتاماكْ"
},
{
"code": "xqa",
"lang": "Karakhanid",
"roman": "istēmēk",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "اِسْتاماكْ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "svaeng rɔɔk",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ស្វែងរក"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chatda",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "찾다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chuguhada",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "추구하다"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "bushkar"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "hā",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ຫາ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sǭk",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ຊອກ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sǭk hā",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ຊອກຫາ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "quaerō"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "meklēt"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ieškoti"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "söken"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bara",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "бара"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "traga",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "трага"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "mencari"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tirayuka",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "തിരയുക"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nōkkuka",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "നോക്കുക"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "tēṭuka",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "തേടുക"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "fittex"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "auhaha"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "haha"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "kimi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "kimikimi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "rapa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "rapu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "rapurapu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "whakarapu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "pōrangi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "raparapa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "hāhau"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "in a game of hide and seek",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ngaropoko"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "erex",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "эрэх"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xajx",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "хайх"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "khojnu",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "खोज्नु"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "søke"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "lete"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "cercar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "boscar"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "sēċan"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "nēosian"
},
{
"code": "pap",
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "buska"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "jostoju kardan",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "جستجو کردن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "jostan",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "جستن"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "sieekjen no"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "poszukiwać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "szukać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "procurar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ashiy"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "maskhay"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "maskai"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "aşii"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "căuta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iskátʹ",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "иска́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razýskivatʹ",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "разы́скивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pytátʹsja najtí",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "пыта́ться найти́"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "lorg"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "sir"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "iarr"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "тра́жити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "trážiti"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "hľadať"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "iskati"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pytaś"
},
{
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "isteer",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "истеер"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "buscar"
},
{
"code": "osp",
"lang": "Old Spanish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "buscar"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "kutafuta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "söka"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "leta"
},
{
"code": "tby",
"lang": "Tabaru",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "tike"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "justujü kardan",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ҷустуҷӯ кардан"
},
{
"code": "tft",
"lang": "Ternate",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "tike"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mɔɔng-hǎa",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "มองหา"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "aramak"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "agtarmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "šukáty",
"sense": "to try to find",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "шука́ти"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ḍhū̃ḍhnā",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ڈھونڈھنا"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "axtarmoq"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "qidirmoq"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "risercar"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "tìm"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "tìm kiếm"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "cweri"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "chwilio am"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "sykje"
},
{
"code": "nmn",
"lang": "ǃXóõ",
"sense": "to try to find",
"word": "ǃxáa"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iskam",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "искам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "voler aconseguir"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "pyytää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "anella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "anoa"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "quérir"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "chiedere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "chierere"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "quaerō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "volō obtinēre"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "pedir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to ask for",
"word": "pedir"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to try to acquire or gain",
"word": "tavoitella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to try to acquire or gain",
"word": "etsiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to try to acquire or gain",
"word": "hakea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to travel (in a given direction)",
"word": "pyrkiä (jotakin kohti)"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "stremja se",
"sense": "to try to reach or come to",
"word": "стремя се"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to try to reach or come to",
"word": "pyrkiä (jonnekin)"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to try to reach or come to",
"word": "etsiä"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(computing) to navigate a stream",
"word": "kelata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(computing) to navigate a stream",
"word": "hakea"
}
],
"word": "seek"
}
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{
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"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "suchen"
},
"expansion": "German suchen",
"name": "cog"
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{
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"1": "da",
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"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "sækja"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic sækja",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "søke"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål søke",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "søkja"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk søkja",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "söka"
},
"expansion": "Swedish söka",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "sēcð"
},
"expansion": "Old English sēcð",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "non",
"3": "sǿkja"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse sǿkja",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English seken (also sechen, whence dialectal English seech), from Old English sēċan (compare beseech); from Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (“to seek”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek out”).\nCognate with West Frisian sykje, Dutch zoeken, Low German söken, German suchen, Danish søge, Icelandic sækja, Norwegian Bokmål søke, Norwegian Nynorsk søkja, Swedish söka. The Middle English and later Modern English hard /k/ derives from Old English sēcð, the third person singular; the forms with /k/ were then reinforced by cognate Old Norse sǿkja.",
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"form": "seeks",
"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"en:Computing"
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"ref": "2012, Aidong Zhang, Avi Silberschatz, Sharad Mehrotra, Continuous Media Databases, page 120",
"text": "The number of seeks to retrieve a shot […] depends on the location of those frames on physical blocks.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"The operation of navigating through a stream."
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[
"stream",
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"(computing) The operation of navigating through a stream."
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"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
}
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"ipa": "/siːk/"
},
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"homophone": "Sikh"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːk"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/En-us-seek.ogg",
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"enpr": "sēk"
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],
"word": "seeke"
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}
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