Definition of Look into

1. Verb. Investigate scientifically. "The customs agents look into the bags for drugs "; "Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese"

Exact synonyms: Investigate
Generic synonyms: Analyse, Analyze, Canvas, Canvass, Examine, Study
Specialized synonyms: Explore, Research, Search, Explore, Examine, Probe, Research, Experiment
Derivative terms: Investigating, Investigation, Investigator

2. Verb. Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition. "They won't look into the story "; "Check out the engine"

Definition of Look into

1. Verb. (idiomatic) to investigate, explore, or consider ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Look Into

look around
look at
look away
look back
look backward
look before you leap
look book
look daggers
look down on
look down one's nose
look down upon
look for
look forward
look forward to
look here
look into
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

Literary usage of Look into

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

1. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"... look into the history of the neighbouring state which consisted of females, and if I find any thing in it, will not fail to communicate it to the public ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"St. This court cannot review the weight of the evidence, and can look into It only to see whether there was error In not directing a verdict for the ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... and look into the habitations of the poor, we should there behold such pictures of human misery as must move the compassion of every heart that deserves ..."

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