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11look for — Synonyms and related words: address, angle for, anticipate, approach, ask for, await, be destined, be fated, be imminent, be to be, be to come, beat about for, bid for, calculate on, canvass, come, come on, count on, court, delve for, dig for,… …
12look for — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. research, pry, follow; see hunt 2 , search , seek 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To look forward to confidently: anticipate, await, bargain for (or on), count on, depend on (or upon), expect, wait (for). Informal:… …
13look for — attempt to find. → look …
14look for — 1. Expect. 2. Search, seek, look after …
15look for — 1) think likely, expect They are looking for John to become the next sales director of the company. 2) try to find, search for, hunt She has been looking for her credit card all morning but she can t find it …
16look for — phrasal 1. to await with hope or anticipation 2. to search for ; seek < looking for a new car > …
17look for — verb To search; to seek. He spent his life looking for the truth …
18look for — search for, seek …
19To look for — Look Look (l[oo^]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Looked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Looking}.] [OE. loken, AS. l[=o]cian; akin to G. lugen, OHG. luog[=e]n.] 1. To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to… …
20look for a needle in a haystack — search for something that is almost impossible to find …