sought
verb
past tense and past participle of seek
transitive verb
1
: to resort to : go to
2
a
: to go in search of : look for
b
: to try to discover
3
: to ask for : request
seeks advice
4
: to try to acquire or gain : aim at
seek fame
5
: to make an attempt : try —used with to and an infinitive
governments … seek to keep the bulk of their people contented
D. M. Potter
D. M. Potterintransitive verb
1
: to make a search or inquiry
2
a
: to be sought
b
: to be lacking
in critical judgment … they were sadly to seek The Times Literary Supplement (London)
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sought
past tense and past participle of seek
sought
verb
1
as in pursued
to go in search of Henry Hudson was set adrift by mutinous crewmen while seeking the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- pursued
- hunted
- looked up
- quested
- chased (down)
- searched (for or out)
- shopped (for)
- cast about (for)
- looked for
- foraged (for)
- cast around (for)
- ferreted (out)
- rooted (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- ignored
- lost
- hid
- neglected
2
as in requested
to make a request for came seeking financial advice Synonyms & Similar Words
- requested
- demanded
- desired
- urged
- required
- quested
- claimed
- solicited
- invited
- importuned
- invoked
- pled (for)
- requisitioned
- bespoke
- enjoined
- sued (for)
- pleaded (for)
- spoke (for)
- plead (for)
- exacted
- called (for)
- asked (for)
- clamored (for)
- applied (for)
- wished (for)
- begged (for)
- petitioned (for)
- insisted (on)
- pressed (for)
3
as in attempted
to make an effort to do seek to find the best solution Synonyms & Similar Words
- attempted
- tried
- endeavored
- strove
- strived
- essayed
- hoped
- assayed
- struggled
- shot at
- aimed
- worked
- fought
- undertook
- toiled
- aspired
- shot for
- troubled
- had a go at
- wrought
- tried one's hand (at)
- assumed
- strained
- took up
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dropped
- gave up
- quit
- quitted
- interpretation clause
- interpretational
- interpretations
- interpretative
- interpretative bigamy
- interpretative dance
- interpretatively
- interpreted
- interpreter
- interpreters
- interpretership
- interpretess
- interpreting
- interpretive
- interpretive dance
- interpretively
- interpretress
- interpretresses
- interprets
- interprofessional
- interprovincial
- interproximal
- interpsychic
- interpsychically
- interpulmonary