"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
(26) formally, legitimately
Kolokacji: 2
1. formally seek = formalnie szukaj formally seek
  • He was the first Republican to seek formally the party's 2008 nomination for president, but effectively withdrew from the race in late 2007 and suspended his campaign shortly after.
  • He formally sought information about recent events from Belgrade's Prime Minister, Ante Markovic.
  • None of the Gore lawyers, for example, anticipated the extent to which judges at every level would dwell on their failure to formally seek a manual statewide recount.
  • The adulterers and their respective families must gather at the king, chief or elder's compound to formally seek forgiveness.
  • He was the first Republican to formally seek the 2010 nomination.
  • We must, however, formally seek the consent of health professionals to the sharing of personal health information contained in a Social Work Department file.
  • "We are formally seeking an official explanation of the entire matter," the statement said.
  • Congressional leaders said they were prepared to speed consideration of a Jackson-Vanik waiver if the President would formally seek the action this year.
  • The Turks and Caicos Islands formally sought to became the Association's newest associate member on March 28, 2006.
  • The group needs planning board approval by April 31 to formally seek Federal tax credits.
2. legitimately seek = słusznie szukaj legitimately seek
(27) commonly, normally
Kolokacji: 2
(28) ostensibly, plainly
Kolokacji: 2

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