Meaning of LOOK FOR
Pronunciation: | | lûk for
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- [v] try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
- [v] be excited or anxious about
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| Synonyms: | | anticipate, look to, search, seek |
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| See Also: | | angle, apprehend, await, browse, divine, drag, dredge, expect, feel, finger, fish, fumble, gather, go after, grope, grub, hunt, leave no stone unturned, look, maraud, pursue, quail at, quest after, quest for, scour, seek out, shop, surf, wait, want | |
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| Related Terms: | | address, angle for, anticipate, approach, ask for, await, be destined, be fated, be imminent, be to be, be to come, beat about for, bid for, calculate on, canvass, come, come on, count on, court, delve for, dig for, draw near, draw on, expect, fish for, follow, foresee, forestall, foretell, go gunning for, gun for, hope, hunt, hunt for, hunt up, lie ahead, look, look forward to, look out for, look to, look up, loom, near, plan, plot, pop the question, predict, project, prophesy, prowl after, pursue, quest, reckon on, search for, see to, seek, seek for, solicit, still-hunt, sue, sue for, threaten, try to find, watch out for, woo |
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