lookup

or look-up

[ look-uhp ]

noun
  1. an act or instance of looking something up, as information in a reference book or an online database.

Origin of lookup

1
1945–50 for an earlier sense; noun use of verb phrase look up

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How to use lookup in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for look up

look up

verb(adverb)
  1. (tr) to discover (something required to be known) by resorting to a work of reference, such as a dictionary

  2. (intr) to increase, as in quality or value: things are looking up

  1. (intr foll by to) to have respect (for): I've always wanted a girlfriend I could look up to

  2. (tr) to visit or make contact with (a person): I'll look you up when I'm in town

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Other Idioms and Phrases with lookup

lookup

Search for in a book or other source, as in I told her to look up the word in the dictionary. [Late 1600s]

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