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look for
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Princeton's WordNet
search, seek, look forverb
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
"The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
Synonyms:
attempt, anticipate, explore, look, research, essay, try, look to, assay, search, seekanticipate, look for, look toverb
be excited or anxious about
Synonyms:
predict, search, counter, foreknow, previse, seek, forestall, call, prognosticate, look to, anticipate, foresee, foretell, forebode, expect, promise
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look for
Synonyms:
expectlook for
Synonyms:
search, seek, look after
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#41 | search | |
#192 | research | |
#374 | call | |
#446 | look | |
#684 | try | |
#2277 | counter | |
#2323 | expect | |
#2508 | explore | |
#3056 | attempt | |
#3171 | seek | |
#4348 | promise | |
#5490 | essay | |
#8692 | predict | |
#11832 | assay | |
#14126 | anticipate | |
#34955 | foresee | |
#75403 | forestall | |
#99650 | foretell | |
#299067 | prognosticate |
How to use look for in a sentence?
As we get older the brain can get smaller, so the bridging veins can have small bleeds and patients may need to be screened cognitively with an examination as well as imaging to look for subtle chronic subdural hematomas that can interfere with walking and cognition and cause chronic complaints.
What you have to do is you have to allow the law enforcement to be able to rely on their off-duty and those concealed carry permit holders to not only act as force multipliers, but to begin to train the public to be able to look for the profile and the behavior.
What you look for in sports is fairness, we started Title IX to give women the same level playing field as men.
The mystery, of course, the intrigue and the history. I'm a history nut. I never say anything, but I got a Ph.D. in maritime history, but it's the challenge, I think. Because if you are successful, it's a great feeling of achievement. In my case, if it's lost, I'll look for it.
Food is my medicine, i look for nutritional impact, the exact nutrition I need to do the job.
Translations for look for
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- soekAfrikaans
- بحثArabic
- aramaq, axtarmaqAzerbaijani
- шука́цьBelarusian
- тъ̀рсяBulgarian
- খোঁজাBengali
- cercar, buscarCatalan, Valencian
- hledatCzech
- søgeDanish
- suchenGerman
- ψάχνωGreek
- buscarSpanish
- otsimaEstonian
- bilatu, xerkatuBasque
- جستجو کردنPersian
- etsiä, hakeaFinnish
- rechercher, chercherFrench
- cuardaighIrish
- sir, iarr, lorgScottish Gaelic
- buscarGalician
- חיפשHebrew
- ढूँढ़ना, खोजना, ढूँढनाHindi
- keresHungarian
- որոնել, փնտրել, ման գալArmenian
- mencariIndonesian
- sercharIdo
- leitaIcelandic
- cercare, ricercareItalian
- 探すJapanese
- ძებნაGeorgian
- жоқтау, іздеуKazakh
- ស្វែងរក, រក, រកមើលKhmer
- ಹುಡುಕುKannada
- 찾다Korean
- издөөKyrgyz
- quaeroLatin
- ຊອກ, ຫາLao
- ieškotiLithuanian
- meklētLatvian
- трага, бараMacedonian
- mencariMalay
- ရှာBurmese
- lete, leite, se etter, søkeNorwegian
- zoekenDutch
- leite, sjå etterNorwegian Nynorsk
- cercarOccitan
- szukaćPolish
- pesquisar, procurarPortuguese
- maskhayQuechua
- căutaRomanian
- иска́тьRussian
- trážiti, тра́житиSerbo-Croatian
- hľadaťSlovak
- iskatiSlovene
- kërkojAlbanian
- sökaSwedish
- ҷустуҷӯ карданTajik
- หา, มองหาThai
- agtarmakTurkmen
- aramakTurkish
- эзләргәTatar
- шука́тиUkrainian
- ڈھونڈھناUrdu
- qidirmoq, axtarmoqUzbek
- tìm kiếm, tìmVietnamese
- זוכןYiddish
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