# seeking

Pronunciation: say "SEE-king" /ˈsiː.kɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of seek. — present participle and gerund of seek
   - Simple: Present participle of seek. Use this form for an action happening now.
   - _Refugees seeking safety crossed the border in great numbers._
   - _He spent years seeking the truth about his family's past._

## Noun

2. The act of searching for something; a quest to find what one is after.
   - Simple: A search or attempt to find something you want.
   - _Her endless seeking after approval shaped every choice she made._
   - _The seeking of spiritual peace drew many travelers to the monastery._

## Adjective

3. Trying to find or obtain a particular thing, which is named by the word joined to it, as in heat-seeking or pleasure-seeking.
   - Simple: Trying to find or get a certain thing. It is joined to the word for that thing, as in job-seeking.
   - _The pilot released a burst of flares to throw off the heat-seeking missile._
   - _Pleasure-seeking tourists crowd the island's beach bars every summer._

## Origin

Formed from the verb "seek" with the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/seeking (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).