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LOOKING FOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of searching visually
Synonyms:
looking; looking for
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("looking for" is a kind of...):
hunt; hunting; search (the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone)
Context examples:
Why use heat-sensitive instruments when looking for ice?
(NASA's Treasure Map for Water Ice on Mars, NASA)
Creating and maintaining successful conservation policy means constantly looking for breakdowns in the system.
(Belly up to the bamboo buffet: Pandas vs. horses, NSF)
Physicists have been searching pentaquarks for almost 50 years, but the research group that made the discovery, a Syracuse University team, wasn't specifically looking for them.
(Physicists discover long-sought 'pentaquark' particle, NSF)
And we were really surprised by that result because it wasn’t something we were expecting or looking for, said Murray.
(Vitamin A Supplement May Thwart Tuberculosis Infection, Jessica Berman/VOA)
People are always looking for improved, personalized services.
(Eyes Can Indicate Personality Type, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Then he fetched other older maps, and they went on looking for the castle until at last they found it, but it was many thousand miles away.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
For a moment I thought, and as my eyes ranged the room, unconsciously looking for something or some opportunity to aid me, they lit on a great batch of typewriting on the table.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Excuse me, I was looking for the Weekly Volcano office.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
She was up (and, as I believe to this hour, looking for that man) before anybody in the house was stirring.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The letter I am looking for was one written by Mr Elliot to him before our marriage, and happened to be saved; why, one can hardly imagine.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
