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"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 • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 22
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 28
(1) actively, long, highly, aggressively, immediately, ...
Kolokacji: 28
(2) unsuccessfully, successfully
Kolokacji: 2
(3) desperately, urgently
Kolokacji: 2
(4) eagerly, avidly
Kolokacji: 2
(5) initially, originally, primarily, mainly, necessarily, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(6) constantly, continuously
Kolokacji: 2
(7) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(8) repeatedly, continually, relentlessly, persistently, periodically
Kolokacji: 5
(9) deliberately, intentionally
Kolokacji: 2
(10) vainly, fruitlessly, futilely
Kolokacji: 3
1. vainly seek = na próżno szukać vainly seek
vainly sought
  • Back to the center, where we wore away the day vainly seeking news.
  • What had become of Joe, while his master was thus vainly seeking for him?
  • I glanced quickly about the room, vainly seeking some avenue of escape.
  • His eyes darted about the summit, vainly seeking a last means of defense.
  • Since then, I've sought vainly for an off-season to beat it.
  • For a long while we sought vainly an open space in which to alight and begin our investigations.
  • I am sorry to tell you that I have vainly sought your dog.
  • Hilder's health continued to be very bad and he kept moving about seeking vainly for improvement.
  • But when he found the right shelf, he sought vainly for the answer.
  • I vainly sought for some favorable interpretation of his conduct; it was impossible to find one.
2. fruitlessly seek = bezowocnie szukać fruitlessly seek
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
(16) actually, truly, genuinely, sincerely
Kolokacji: 4
(17) clearly, explicitly, publicly
Kolokacji: 3
(18) frantically, feverishly
Kolokacji: 2
(19) regularly, consistently, systematically
Kolokacji: 3
(20) particularly, especially
Kolokacji: 2
(21) consciously, voluntarily, unconsciously
Kolokacji: 3
(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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