chercher

A. vtr

• 1 to look for [person, object, trouble]; to try to find [answer, ideas]; to try to remember [name] chercher fortune = to seek one's fortune chercher qn du regard = to look about for sb Definition of look for in the British & World English dictionary Definition of look for in the US English dictionary Translate look for | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 2chercher à faire = to try to do

• 3aller chercher qn/qch = to go and get sb/sth; = to pick sb/sth up

• 4où est-il allé chercher cela? = what made him think that?

• 5une maison dans ce quartier, ça va chercher dans les 200 000 euros = a house in this area must fetch (GB) or get (US) about 200,000 euros

B. v refl (+ v être) (se chercher)

• 1 to try to find oneself

• 2se chercher des excuses = to try to find excuses for oneself

• 3 (fam) to be out to get each other (colloq)