English

Noun

seeking ‎(plural seekings)

1. The act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.
   • 1873, Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine (volume 9, page 269)

     […] the Company contemplated having their works at Esher—for they have had long and anxious seekings for a location—to store our gun-cotton in unlimited quantity […]

Adjective

seeking ‎(not comparable)

1. (in combination) that seeks something specified

Translations

Derived terms

• heat-seeking
• self-seeking

Verb

seeking

1. present participle of seek
   • 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 25,

     While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.