rajan
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I want to check my understanding on the meaning of seek. Please guide me, if somewhere I am wrong.
A) One of the meanings of seek is to try to obtain.
1) If I say that I sought permission from the Principal to go early.
Does it mean that I tried to get permission either by submitting an application to the Principal requesting him to allow me to go early or requested him verbally to allow me to go early.
B) Another meaning of seek is to request for some thing
2) I am writing this letter to seek your appointment.
Does it mean that I am writing this letter to request for your appointment.
C) Can another meaning be to make demand for something. At this moment I do not remember the example to quote here. Sometime while reading a newspaper or a magazine, I came across the sentences in which If I replace sought with demanded, it sounds right to me.
Over all, meaning of seek implies that we are looking for something either by way of a request(this request can be through phone/letter/verbal etc.) or by making an effort or by making a demand by doing something eg. For example by protesting etc..
Regards
Rajan
A) One of the meanings of seek is to try to obtain.
1) If I say that I sought permission from the Principal to go early.
Does it mean that I tried to get permission either by submitting an application to the Principal requesting him to allow me to go early or requested him verbally to allow me to go early.
B) Another meaning of seek is to request for some thing
2) I am writing this letter to seek your appointment.
Does it mean that I am writing this letter to request for your appointment.
C) Can another meaning be to make demand for something. At this moment I do not remember the example to quote here. Sometime while reading a newspaper or a magazine, I came across the sentences in which If I replace sought with demanded, it sounds right to me.
Over all, meaning of seek implies that we are looking for something either by way of a request(this request can be through phone/letter/verbal etc.) or by making an effort or by making a demand by doing something eg. For example by protesting etc..
Regards
Rajan
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