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look for en · VERB

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Meanings

1. (transitive) To seek.
   • You may be right I may be crazy Oh, but it just may be a lunatic you're looking for 1980 March 7, Billy Joel, “You May Be Right”, in Glass Houses:
   • The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
   • [Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages. 2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
   • He spent his life looking for the truth.
   • In July, when classes are over, most college-goers go looking for jobs.
2. (archaic, transitive) To expect.

Forms

Deriveds

solution looking for a problem · I'm looking for a job · I'm looking for a grocery store

Synonyms

look after · search for

Translations (201)

kk іздеу (search; seek) · be шука́ць (search; seek) · mt fittex (search; seek) · ckb تەمەشاکردن (search; seek) · vi tìm (search; seek) · zdj uzungushia (search; seek) · pt buscar (search; seek) · nl zoeken (search; seek) · hi ढूँढ़ना (search; seek) · he חיפש \ חִפֵּשׂ (search; seek) · cdo 討 /讨 (search; seek) · hy որոնել (search; seek) · ta தேடு (search; seek) · dsb pytaś (search; seek) · tr aramak (search; seek) · nv hainitá (search; seek) · rm tschercher (search; seek) · hu kutat (search; seek) · pt procurar (search; seek) · uk пошу́кувати (search; seek) · rm antschertgear (search; seek) · la quaerō (search; seek) · got 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽 (search; seek) · nn leite (search; seek) · nn sjå etter (search; seek) · ne खोज्नु (search; seek) · gd sir (search; seek) · mk бара (search; seek) · mi kimi (search; seek) · pt pesquisar (search; seek) · km រក (search; seek) · io serchar (search; seek) · fi etsiä (search; seek) · ug ئاختۇرماق (search; seek) · sv leta efter (search; seek) · cy chwilio am (search; seek) · ja 求める (search; seek) · nb leite (search; seek) · da søge (search; seek) · ba эҙләү (search; seek) · kk жоқтау (search; seek) · fro cerchier (search; seek) · izh etsiä (search; seek) · th หา (search; seek) · hi खोजना (search; seek) · kum излемек (search; seek) · hy փնտրել (search; seek) · arz دور (search; seek) · ca cercar (search; seek) · ce леха (search; seek) · id mencari (search; seek) · km រកមើល (search; seek) · oc cercar (search; seek) · lt ieškoti (search; seek) · mfe serse (search; seek) · ckb گەراندن (search; seek) · lmo cercà (search; seek) · rm tscherchar (search; seek) · dng щинзо (search; seek) · it cercare (search; seek) · rm tscharcar (search; seek) · sw kutafuta (search; seek) · eu bilatu (search; seek) · ast buscar (search; seek) · za daep (search; seek) · es lambisquear (search; seek) · ro căuta (search; seek) · lad bushkar (search; seek) · rm ancurir (search; seek) · cjs тилерге (search; seek) · ca buscar (search; seek) · no være ute etter (search; seek) · hak 尋 /寻 (search; seek) · rm encurir (search; seek) · yue 搵 /揾 (search; seek) · za cimh (search; seek) · got 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (search; seek) · sl iskati (search; seek) · it ricercare (search; seek) · osp buscar (search; seek) · pl wypatrywać (search; seek) · fa جستن (search; seek) · km ស្វែងរក (search; seek) · afb دور (search; seek) · cmn 搜索 (search; seek) · fo leita (search; seek) · kn ಹುಡುಕು (search; seek) · qu maskhay (search; seek) · mi kaiarohi (search; seek) · ar فَتَّشَ (search; seek) · vi tìm kiếm (search; seek) · fi hakea (search; seek) · lo ຊອກຫາ (search; seek) · uk гляді́ти (search; seek) · gl procurar (search; seek) · cmn 找 (search; seek) · uk шука́ти (search; seek) · gd lorg (search; seek) · rm guardar (search; seek) · zza vinayen (search; seek) · sh тра́жити (search; seek) · ko 찾다 (search; seek) · ta தேடி பார் (search; seek) · ur ڈھونڈھنا (search; seek) · nan-hbl 揣 (search; seek) · fr chercher (search; seek) · nrf chèrchi (search; seek) · gd iarr (search; seek) · uz axtarmoq (search; seek) · nb søke (search; seek) · th มองหา (search; seek) · rm tschartgear (search; seek) · xbr himbu (search; seek) · hu keres (search; seek) · uz izlamoq (search; seek) · da lede (search; seek) · pms sërché (search; seek) · my ရှာ (search; seek) · ast guetar (search; seek) · fur cirî (search; seek) · grc ζητέω (search; seek) · khb ᦠᦱ (search; seek) · de suchen (search; seek) · es buscar (search; seek) · ru иска́ть (search; seek) · ga cuardaigh (search; seek) · tft tike (search; seek) · nb lete (search; seek) · ka ძებნა (search; seek) · az axtarmaq (search; seek) · mi rapu (search; seek) · lv meklēt (search; seek) · bg тъ́рся (search; seek) · hi ढूँढना (search; seek) · rm tschertgar (search; seek) · kum ахтармакъ (search; seek) · af soek (search; seek) · gl buscar (search; seek) · za ra (search; seek) · ms mencari (search; seek) · mr शोधणे (search; seek) · cu искати (search; seek) · ru поиска́ть (search; seek) · pl patrzeć za (search; seek) · bxd xa⁵⁵ (search; seek) · non leita (search; seek) · mi ngaropoko (search; seek) · fro encerchier (search; seek) · ja 探す (search; seek) · bn খোঁজা (search; seek) · ar بَحَثَ (search; seek) · qu mask'ay (search; seek) · sq kërkoj (search; seek) · alt истеер (search; seek) · el ψάχνω (search; seek) · tg ҷустуҷӯ кардан (search; seek) · rm duncrir (search; seek) · ang sēċan (search; seek) · lo ຊອກ (search; seek) · mk трага (search; seek) · pl szukać (search; seek) · ug قىدىرماق (search; seek) · chr ᎤᏲᎭ (search; seek) · eo serĉi (search; seek) · cmn 尋找 /寻找 (search; seek) · fr rechercher (search; seek) · km ស្វែង (search; seek) · az aramaq (search; seek) · nb se etter (search; seek) · yi זוכן (search; seek) · sv söka (search; seek) · rm tschartger (search; seek) · lo ຫາ (search; seek) · rm tschercar (search; seek) · uz qidirmoq (search; seek) · la scrūtō (search; seek) · cmn 找尋 /找寻 (search; seek) · tt эзләргә (search; seek) · eu xerkatu (search; seek) · fro querre (search; seek) · dng зо (search; seek) · wuu 尋 /寻 (search; seek) · is leita (search; seek) · ug ئىزدىمەك (search; seek) · hy ման գալ (search; seek) · et otsima (search; seek) · es husmear (search; seek) · ml തിരയുക (search; seek) · cs hledat (search; seek) · tby tike (search; seek) · bo བཙལ (search; seek) · mn хайх (search; seek) · sk hľadať (search; seek) · fa جستجو کردن (search; seek) · tk agtarmak (search; seek) · uk пошука́ти (search; seek) · ko 구하다 (search; seek) · ky издөө (search; seek) · ee di (search; seek) · sh trážiti (search; seek) · rm tschertgan (search; seek)