lookup

or look-up

[ look-uhp ]

/ ˈlʊkˌʌp /

noun

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

Origin of lookup

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

Words nearby lookup

look the other way, look-through, look through rose-colored glasses, look to, look to one's laurels, lookup, look up and down, look up to, look who's talking, looky, loom

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Example sentences from the Web for lookup

F—d, the Clerk of the Arraigns, brought off Lookup when indicted for perjury.
The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims|Andrew Steinmetz
Lookup, as well as Colonel Charteris,—of notorious memory in the annals of gaming and debauchery,—was from the north of the Tweed.
Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards|William Andrew Chatto
Lookup, a notorious gambler, was struck down by apoplexy when playing at this game.
The Slang Dictionary|John Camden Hotten
The eye of which Lookup had lost the use appeared as perfect as the other, even to a near observer.
Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards|William Andrew Chatto

British Dictionary definitions for lookup

look up

verb (adverb)

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

(intr) to increase, as in quality or valuethings are looking up

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

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with lookup

look up

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

Call on or visit, as in I'm going to look up my friend in Chicago. [Mid-1800s]

Become better, improve, as in Business is finally looking up. [c. 1800]

look up to. Admire, respect, as in The students really looked up to Mr. Jones. [Early 1700s]

单词	lookup
释义	lookup or look-up [ look-uhp ] / ˈlʊkˌʌp / noun an act or instance of looking something up, as information in a reference book or an online database. Origin of lookup 1945–50 for an earlier sense; noun use of verb phrase look up Words nearby lookup look the other way, look-through, look through rose-colored glasses, look to, look to one's laurels, lookup, look up and down, look up to, look who's talking, looky, loom Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lookup F—d, the Clerk of the Arraigns, brought off Lookup when indicted for perjury. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims\|Andrew Steinmetz Lookup, as well as Colonel Charteris,—of notorious memory in the annals of gaming and debauchery,—was from the north of the Tweed. Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards\|William Andrew Chatto Lookup, a notorious gambler, was struck down by apoplexy when playing at this game. The Slang Dictionary\|John Camden Hotten The eye of which Lookup had lost the use appeared as perfect as the other, even to a near observer. Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards\|William Andrew Chatto British Dictionary definitions for lookup look up verb (adverb) (tr) to discover (something required to be known) by resorting to a work of reference, such as a dictionary (intr) to increase, as in quality or valuethings are looking up (intr foll by to) to have respect (for)I've always wanted a girlfriend I could look up to (tr) to visit or make contact with (a person)I'll look you up when I'm in town Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with lookup look up 1 Search for in a book or other source, as in I told her to look up the word in the dictionary. [Late 1600s] 2 Call on or visit, as in I'm going to look up my friend in Chicago. [Mid-1800s] 3 Become better, improve, as in Business is finally looking up. [c. 1800] 4 look up to. Admire, respect, as in The students really looked up to Mr. Jones. [Early 1700s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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