Meaning & use
seek
To try to find or obtain something, especially through deliberate effort or search.
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Many graduates move to the city to seek better job opportunities.
She sought advice from a lawyer before signing the contract.
A note on using this word
Seek is more formal than the everyday phrase look for, and its past tense, sought, is irregular.
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