seek out

English

Etymology

From Middle English seken out, sechen out (“to seek out”), dissimilated from Middle English *outseken, outsechen (“to seek out”). More at outseek.

Verb

seek out (third-person singular simple present seeks out, present participle seeking out, simple past and past participle sought out)

1. (transitive) To try to locate; to search for.
   • 2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Some of us order far more than we need online. Some of us are so deep in the countryside that delivery vans must divert their routes to seek us out.

   • 2022 October 22, Maureen Dowd, “Ralph Fiennes, Master of Monsters”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Ralph still seeks out physical release. Like Moses, he does his best thinking when he’s swimming. “I think challenging yourself physically is a great way of getting all the crap out of your head,” he said.

Synonyms

• forseek
• hunt down
• track down

Translations

to try to locate

• Italian: ricercare (it), scovare (it)

Anagrams

• ekes out, outseek