Talk:seek

intransitive verb : search for something
seek for/after --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:06, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

To try to reach or come to
I find this sense problematic:


 * 1)  To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
 * 2) * 1726 (tr.),, 's , Book II, line 33
 * Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains
 * 1) * 1726 (tr.),, 's , Book II, line 33
 * Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains

The "try to reach" and "go to" senses (illustrated by the usex and quotations, respectively) feel pretty different. Notably the former is still in common currency, and the latter is obsolete(?). Possibly they should be split up. But I'm also wondering whether "try to reach" isn't already covered by our first sense: "To try to find; to look for; to search for." To "try to reach the exit" and to "look for the exit" or "try to find the exit" all strike me as meaning the same thing in the context of the usex. Though maybe the distinction is that the last two work on a more pragmatic level? Colin M (talk) 04:57, 28 February 2021 (UTC)