sought
pronunciation
How to pronounce sought in British English:
UK [sɔ:t]
How to pronounce sought in American English:
US [sɔt]
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- Adjective:
- that is looked for
- being searched for
Word Origin
- sought
- past tense and past participle of seek, from Old English sohte. Sought-after is from 1881 (sought-for in same sense is from c. 1600).
Example
- 1. Tajikistan has sought russian help for rogun , too .
- 2. Mr kan has sought to head off criticism of further intervention .
- 3. France has long sought to draw germany into european defence .
- 4. It sought to establish universally and timelessly valid laws governing reality .
- 5. Charest has sought to hitch quebec to the commodity bandwagon .