seeking

English

Etymology

From seek +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.kɪŋ/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -iːkɪŋ
• Hyphenation: seek‧ing

Noun

seeking (plural seekings)

1. The act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.
   • 1873, Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine, volume 9, page 269:

     […] 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 […]

Adjective

seeking (not comparable)

1. (in combination) That seeks something specified.

Derived terms

• heat-seeking
• rent-seeking
• self-seeking

Translations

that seeks something specified

• Finnish: -hakuinen (fi)
• Russian: поисковый (ru) (poiskovyj)

Verb

seeking

1. present participle and gerund of seek
   • 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25:

     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.

Anagrams

• skeeing