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Look for vs Search vs Seek

 Seek

There is the idea of something not material, intangible.

Seek

There is the idea of something not material, intangible.

Are you actively seeking jobs?

Hundreds of dissidents are seeking refuge in the UK embassy

Search

The idea is that you examine a place carefully in order to find something.

The police searched the woods for the missing boy

She searched his face for some signs of forgiveness

He searched in his pockets for some change

Philosophers have searched for millennia but they haven't found the meaning of life

Look for

The main idea is that you have lost something

I was looking for Andy

I'm always looking for my keys.

 

 

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