"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
(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
1. improperly seek = niestosownie szukać improperly seek
2. rightly seek = słusznie szukaj rightly seek
  • The Administration rightly seeks large spending increases in these programs in next year's budget.
  • The Clinton administration rightly seeks to reinforce the gains by lifting many sanctions against Pyongyang.
  • Mr. Kouchner rightly sought as many as 6,000 police officers from contributing nations.
  • When governments behave as badly as the terrorists they rightly seek to apprehend, I start to fear for the social fabric of the whole planet.
  • Mr President, this report rightly seeks to limit the use of hazardous substances, including lead, in electrical and electronic equipment.
  • He rightly objects to the witch-hunt which the Polish Government seeks.
  • Recently we have experienced problems with the supply of energy and this report rightly seeks to resolve some of these.
  • Anonymous The building rightly sought recompense from you, as it would for damage done by a guest at a tenant's party.
  • The Bush administration is rightly seeking to build on indigenous Palestinian efforts rather than imposing its own arrangements from outside.
  • It is also rightly seeking to help the regions receiving the refugees.
(26) formally, legitimately
Kolokacji: 2
(27) commonly, normally
Kolokacji: 2
(28) ostensibly, plainly
Kolokacji: 2

Click on the heading to expand the collocation groups, collocations and sample sentences.