sought

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UK/sɔːt/Australia, British, New Zealand, Southern, Standard/soːt/US/sɔt/cot caught merger/sɑt/

A form of seek — To try to find; to look for; to search for.

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sought-afterwanted
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of seek

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivebeing searched for

Similar
sought-afterwanted
Also see
sought-afterwanted

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sought

thoughtairportboughtcaughtoughtfoughtwroughthautfraughttautnaughtdistraughtdreadnoughtaughtnoughtforethoughtMcNaughtghatcauthaughtbethoughtvautHadhramautoverthought
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Sounds the same

sort (non-rhotic)sot (cot–caught merger)

Anagrams

Stough
Cite this entry
APA

sought. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sought

MLA

“sought.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sought. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sought,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sought.

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