söka — meaning in English

English meaning

• apply verb To formally request something, such as a job or place at a school.
• search verb To look carefully in order to find someone or something.
• seek verb To try to find something.

Senses

söka is used for these senses in English:

• apply (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" or "at" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
• look for (transitive) To seek.
• search (intransitive, followed by "for") To look thoroughly.
• seek (transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.

apply — full definition

1. verb To formally request something, such as a job or place at a school.
2. verb To put something into use for a particular purpose.
3. verb To be relevant or have an effect on a particular case.

search — full definition

1. verb To look carefully in order to find someone or something.
2. noun An act of searching for something.

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