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Seeking

//ˈsiː.kɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That seeks something specified. in-compounds, not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.

    "[…] the Company contemplated having their works at Esher—for they have had long and anxious seekings for a location—to store our gun-cotton in unlimited quantity […]"

  2. 2
    an attempt to acquire or gain something wordnet
  3. 3
    the act of searching for something wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of seek form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From seek + -ing.

Etymology 2

From seek + -ing.

Etymology 3

From seek + -ing.

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