seek
si:knoun, verb
A22,725th most heard wordIn 73 of 3788 videos (2%)heard 107 timeslast on Oct 28, 2026
- n. the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
- v. try to get or reach
- v. go to or towards
Across the 3,788 English YouTube videos LingoDew uses to teach English, “seek” is heard 107 times in 73 videos from 37 channels, the 2,725th most heard word. Unofficial CEFR word lists put it at A2.
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- 4:46So the entire game would kind of be like a hide and seek game of Maddie hiding his bone, Clifford finding it.所以整个游戏有点像捉迷藏游戏，麦迪藏骨头，克利福德去找。Will Microsoft Surface Ultra's replace MacBooks?
- 20:05and now unless you're more actively seeking that out, you might be just hearing from the side that you more agree with,而现在除非你更主动地去寻找，否则你可能只会听到你更认同的那一方的声音，How English Helps with Loneliness, Anxiety & Depression — Podcast for English Learners
- 1:19or put as a barrier for themselves from starting to seek out a job in English, right?或给自己设限的、要找英语工作所必须的母语般水平，对吧？How I Got a Job in English WITHOUT Having an Advanced English
- 1:06I went with the assumption that maybe he lost his parents and his mom, and which is why he was hungry and seeking out food from humans.我就猜想也许他失去了父母和妈妈，这就是为什么他饿了，来向人类要吃的。Woman Feeds A Baby Blue Jay Once And Everything Changes | The Dodo
- 0:12But we also seek out products that offer exceptional value because sometimes there are a few small trade-offs that are well worth it if you're looking to spend less.但我们也会寻找提供超值性价比的产品，因为有时候如果你想少花钱，一些小的取舍是完全值得的。8 Budget Kitchen Tools That Rival High-End Ones | Gear Heads
How it's said
Forms and phrases that come up again and again in the videos.
- Forms you'll hear
- seekingseekssought
- Often heard with
- seek out17×to seek17×seek to13×you seek9×
Related words
Words that come up in the same clips.
winner'winәn. the contestant who wins the contestchargetʃɑ:dʒn. an impetuous rush toward someone or somethingdevicedi'vaisn. an instrumentality invented for a particular purposeedit'editv. prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adaptingmodel'mɒdәln. a hypothetical description of a complex entity or processCsi:n. a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system
Practice it in LingoDew
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