Definition of Look up

1. Verb. Seek information from. "Refer to your notes"

Exact synonyms: Consult, Refer
Generic synonyms: Research
Derivative terms: Consultation, Consultation, Reference, Reference

Definition of Look up

1. Verb. (intransitive) To look in an upwards manner ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) To have better prospects, to improve ¹

3. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To obtain information about something from a text source ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Look Up

look like
look off
look on
look out
look out for number one
look out on
look out over
look over
look round
look sharp
look the other way
look the part
look through
look to
look up
look up to
look upon
look what the cat's dragged in
look what we've got here
look who's talking
look you
lookahead
lookaheads
lookalike
lookalikes
lookaside
lookbook
lookbooks
lookdown

Literary usage of Look up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... and Antony both look up; this was as a kind of joke. Brutus and Cassius take a terribly serious view of it. ..."

2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"The entrance safe, by current led, Tiding round G—'s jetty head; look up, ye Britons ! cease to sigh, For your redemption draweth nigh. ..."

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