"seek" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

seek verbo

seek + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 552
seek advice • seek help • seek refuge • seek re-election • seek comment • seek treatment • seek support • seek revenge • ...
verbo + seek
Kolokacji: 50
begin seeking • come seeking • disregard seeking • cast seek • lead to seek • plan to seek • continue to seek • forced to seek • ...
seek + preposición
Kolokacji: 45
seek out • sought after • seek by • seek through • seek for • ...
seek + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 95
actively seek • unsuccessfully seek • desperately seek • long sought • highly sought • eagerly sought • initially seek • originally seek • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 28
(2) unsuccessfully, successfully
Kolokacji: 2
(3) desperately, urgently
Kolokacji: 2
(4) eagerly, avidly
Kolokacji: 2
(6) constantly, continuously
Kolokacji: 2
(7) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(9) deliberately, intentionally
Kolokacji: 2
(10) vainly, fruitlessly, futilely
Kolokacji: 3
1. vainly seek = na próżno szukać vainly seek
2. fruitlessly seek = bezowocnie szukać fruitlessly seek
  • It sought fruitlessly over the last several months to piece together a deal with its banks and shareholders.
  • He had already spent much of the fortune left to him by his father, fruitlessly seeking the Philosopher's Stone.
  • In negotiations with President Bush's staff, Governor Clinton fruitlessly sought financing to get poor children more ready to learn.
  • And Washington fruitlessly sought to delay the European Community recognition when it was pushed by Germany at the end of last year and accomplished in January.
  • Askari lost another fifteen minutes fruitlessly seeking the Director through the chaotic communications jungle.
  • But mostly he fruitlessly sought guest shots on television series and parts in major movies.
  • The data retrieval cross-locators coughed and spluttered, fruitlessly seeking a snippet of relevant information, but none was to be found.
  • Terrified, they seek fruitlessly for a means of escape from their hunters.
  • After they learned of his withdrawal yesterday afternoon the four sought fruitlessly to reach him in California, the officials said.
  • Watterston fruitlessly sought reinstatement for years.
3. futilely seek = daremnie szukać futilely seek
(11) frequently, occasionally
Kolokacji: 2
(12) generally, specifically
Kolokacji: 2
(13) most, well
Kolokacji: 2
(14) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2
(15) quickly, promptly
Kolokacji: 2
(17) clearly, explicitly, publicly
Kolokacji: 3
(18) frantically, feverishly
Kolokacji: 2
(20) particularly, especially
Kolokacji: 2
(22) vigorously, tirelessly
Kolokacji: 2
(23) anxiously, quietly
Kolokacji: 2
(24) diligently, assiduously
Kolokacji: 2
(25) improperly, rightly
Kolokacji: 2
(26) formally, legitimately
Kolokacji: 2
(27) commonly, normally
Kolokacji: 2
(28) ostensibly, plainly
Kolokacji: 2

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