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Definition of Look up
1. Verb. Seek information from. "Refer to your notes"
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
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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