look+for

  • 1look for — index delve, expect (anticipate), ferret, hunt, spy Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 2look for — {v.} 1. To think likely; expect. * /We look for John to arrive any day now./ * /The frost killed many oranges, and housewives can look for an increase in their price./ * /Bob wouldn t go for a ride with the boys because he was looking for a phone …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 3look for — {v.} 1. To think likely; expect. * /We look for John to arrive any day now./ * /The frost killed many oranges, and housewives can look for an increase in their price./ * /Bob wouldn t go for a ride with the boys because he was looking for a phone …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 4look for — phr verb Look for is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑inspector, ↑researcher Look for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accommodation, ↑answer, ↑apartment, ↑clue, ↑compromise, ↑cure, ↑damp, ↑employment …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 5look for flaws — index check (inspect), examine (study) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 6look 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,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 7look 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:… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 8look for — phrasal 1. to await with hope or anticipation 2. to search for ; seek < looking for a new car > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 9look for — verb To search; to seek. He spent his life looking for the truth …

    Wiktionary

  • 10To 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&#8230; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English