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What is the difference between To search and To seek and To look for and To look up ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between To search and To seek and To look for and To look up ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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To look up means to check information, I looked up the word in the dictionary. To look for is the same as to search, but less formal, I look for my keys every morning. To seek is a long, maybe difficult search, I seek the answer to life's big questions. Search is general, we use it especially with the internet, I searched the internet for answers.
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To look up means to check information, I looked up the word in the dictionary. To look for is the same as to search, but less formal, I look for my keys every morning. To seek is a long, maybe difficult search, I seek the answer to life's big questions. Search is general, we use it especially with the internet, I searched the internet for answers.
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