English-Dutch translations for seek

• zoeken
  Wij moeten toenadering en vrede zoeken. We must seek points of agreement, we must seek peace.
  Wij moeten opnieuw zoeken naar nieuwe vereendheid binnen Europa. We must again seek new unity within Europe.
  Ook zijn zij geneigd online naar informatie te zoeken. Patients also tend to seek information online.
• nastreven
  Ten tweede moet zij een hervorming van het Europees sociaal model nastreven. Secondly, it should seek to reform the European social model.
  We zullen nauwere samenwerking met alle kandidaten blijven nastreven. We will continue to seek closer cooperation with all the candidates.
  Het Nederlandse kabinet wil constructief een gezamenlijke oplossing nastreven. The Dutch Cabinet seeks to find a joint solution in a constructive manner.

Definition of seek

• To try to find; to look for; to search for
• To ask for; to solicit; to beseech
• To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at
• To go, move, travel (in a given direction
• To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to
• To attempt, endeavour, try
• To navigate through a stream
• The operation of navigating through a stream

Examples

• I seek wisdom
• I seek forgiveness through prayer
• I sought my fortune on the goldfields
• When the alarm went off I sought the exit in a panic
• Our company does not seek to limit its employees from using the internet or engaging in social networking.

Related words

• self-seeker
• self-seeking
• seeker
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• jobseeker
• rent-seeking
• rent-seeker
• thrill-seeker
• truthseeker