variants
or look-up
: an act, process, or instance of looking something up (as in a reference work or listing)
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a price look-up
looked up; looking up; looks up
1
: to cheer up
look up—things are not all bad
2
: to improve in prospects or conditions
business is looking up
1
: to search for in or as if in a reference work
look up an address
2
: to seek out especially for a brief visit
look me up when you're here
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Verb
be sure to look me up if you're ever in town
by the next morning, the skies had begun to clear and we were looking up
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
Pro tip: Preview your ballot on the state's voter registration lookup.
—Emma Way, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
Shannon Pettypiece, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
Huang told her friend to look up at the birds resting on a tree.
—Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Submit your name and address in the Chicago Board of Elections voter information lookup tool to not only view a sample ballot, but also verify your voter registration and locate your polling place.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
Pro tip: Preview your ballot on the state's voter registration lookup.
—Emma Way, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
Verb
Things are also looking up for Stefany Serna, 33, a server at a steakhouse in Coral Gables, Florida.
—Shannon Pettypiece, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
Huang told her friend to look up at the birds resting on a tree.
—Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Lookup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lookup. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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lookup
1 of 2 noun
look·up
ˈlu̇k-ˌəp 
: the process or an instance of looking something up
especially
: the process of matching by computer the words of a text with material stored in memory
look up
2 of 2 verb
: to seek for or out
look up a word in the dictionary
look up a friend
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