📖 Definitions of "Look for"
verb
- 1
To search for; to seek.
"He spent his life looking for the truth."
- 2
To expect.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Look for"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| seekverb | (ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for. |
| searchnoun | The act of searching in general. |
| look toverb | (idiomatic) To seek inspiration or advice or reward from someone. |
| anticipateverb | (transitive) To know of (something) before it happens; to expect. |
| seek outverb | (transitive) To try to locate; to search for. |
| questnoun | A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission. |
| forseekverb | (transitive) To seek thoroughly (for); seek out. |
| search outverb | To find by searching. |
| seek forverb | (now rare) To try to find or attain; to seek. |
| look afterverb | (transitive, also reflexive) To care for; to keep safe. |
| outseekverb | (transitive) To seek out; actively or diligently search for; investigate; research. |
| hunt upverb | (transitive) To hunt for; to seek out. |
| look upverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To obtain, or seek to obtain, information about something. |
| findverb | (transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate. |
| underseekverb | (transitive) To spend too little time or effort in seeking. |
| researchnoun | (uncountable, countable in some dialects) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc. (that are currently available, or that are familiar to one's self). |
| track downverb | (idiomatic) To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find. |
| detectverb | To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing. |
| procureverb | (transitive) To acquire or obtain. |
| pursueverb | (transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.). |
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