English-Spanish translations for seek

• buscar
  Hemos intentado buscar un compromiso. We have tried to seek a compromise.
  Debemos buscar los puntos de encuentro, busquemos la paz. We must seek points of agreement, we must seek peace.
  No obstante, debemos realizarnos preguntas a nosotros mismos y buscar respuestas. We need to ask ourselves questions and seek answers, however.

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