SEEKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seeking mean? 

• SEEKING (noun)
  The noun SEEKING has 2 senses:

1. the act of searching for something

2. an attempt to acquire or gain something

  Familiarity information: SEEKING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEEKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of searching for something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

quest; seeking

Context example:

a quest for diamonds

Hypernyms ("seeking" is a kind of...):

hunt; hunting; search (the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone)

Derivation:

seek (try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An attempt to acquire or gain something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("seeking" is a kind of...):

attempt; effort; endeavor; endeavour; try (earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something)

Derivation:

seek (try to get or reach)

 Context examples 

He was seeking a new orientation, and until that was found his life must stand still.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It would be worth seeking the right doctor and making the necessary appointments.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The poor horse was very melancholy, and wandered up and down in the wood, seeking some little shelter from the cold wind and rain.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The scientists are seeking to understand the limits of the power of photosynthesis in algae and to harness that power to produce biofuels.

(Scientists discover key factors in how some algae harness solar energy, National Science Foundation)

At other times, I passed on farther away,—from city to city, seeking I know not what, and trying to leave I know not what behind.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Back and back gave Tranter, ever seeking time for a last cut.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He waited a moment, as though seeking where to begin, and then said:

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

There are others, too, which I shall tell you of, lest in our seeking we may need them.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Mrs. Dashwood immediately took all that trouble on herself; and Elinor had the benefit of the information without the exertion of seeking it.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Still seeking knowledge at the old university.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)