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Definition of Look for
1. Verb. Try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of. "They look for the water "; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
Specialized synonyms: Drag, Dredge, Finger, Fumble, Grope, Divine, Browse, Surf, Leave No Stone Unturned, Hunt, Gather, Want, Scour, Seek Out, Go After, Pursue, Quest After, Quest For, Angle, Fish, Grub, Feel, Browse, Shop
Derivative terms: Search, Searcher, Searcher, Seeking
2. Verb. Be excited or anxious about.
Generic synonyms: Await, Expect, Look, Wait
Specialized synonyms: Apprehend, Quail At
Derivative terms: Anticipative
Definition of Look for
1. Verb. To search; to seek. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Look For
Literary usage of Look for
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... while part of us went to look for a guide that might put us in the right way.
... that we were loft,fent one of their company to look for us, ..."
2. The Lancet (1842)
"And Ireland, and probably other countries, would yield confirmatory evidence if
it was important for me to look for it at present. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"He began to look for external work in the immediate present and, for the future,
he dreamed dreams. He collected money and built a church in the county town ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"When I first met with this solution, it appeared to me so obvious and satisfactory,
that I at once adopted it, and have long ceased to look for any other. ..."
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