Definitions for sought

sought sought

Spelling: [sawt]
IPA: /sɔt/

Sought is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in sought (ghostu).

Definitions for sought

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of seek.

Idioms

  1. be sought after, to be desired or in demand:

verb (used with object)

  1. to go in search or quest of:
  2. to try to find or discover by searching or questioning:
  3. to try to obtain:
  4. to try or attempt (usually followed by an infinitive):
  5. to go to:
  6. to ask for; request:
  7. Archaic. to search or explore.

verb (used without object)

  1. to make inquiry.

Origin of sought

before 900; Middle English seken, Old English sēcan; cognate with German suchen, Old Norse sœkja, Gothic sōkjan; akin to Latin sāgīre to perceive by scent (see presage

Examples for sought

I have sought thy daughter in marriage for Xerxes, prince of the empire.

Two and a half millennia ago, Siddhartha Gautama sought enlightenment.

On Friday, the story had looked like it might blow over as Buckingham Palace sought to dismiss it as a “civil case.”

I have sought for thee throughout the world, and at last I believed thee dead.

He could not even tell her that it was at Hope's command he sought her.

For a while yoga and pilates classes were sought out at luxury gyms like Equinox.

The true remedy is not to be sought in that direction in the one case any more than the other.

Their friendship began when Krauss, who was chairman of the physics department at Case Western in Cleveland, sought out Epstein.

Beyond it, I saw you standing with outstretched arms, as if you sought to come to me, but could not.

Where the U.S. once sought to train several divisions worth, the latest effort is for just 3,000 troops.

Word Value for sought
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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