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11 Jul 2016
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
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What is the difference between look for and search and seek and find ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between look for and search and seek and find ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
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it depends on the subject....generally look for is used for simple things while search is used for more complex things. search is also less colloquial. seek is not often used. examples. ...... i will look for my wallet. can you look for an answer? the police searched for a suspect. we will search your bag for a knife.
..... do you see the slight difference? search is almost as if something is lost or is hiding
- English (US)
they pretty much mean the same thing except for find. to find something is what you call it when you succeed in looking for something. for example, I was looking for my watch, then I found it.
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