Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to.

    He was not looking forward to having to repair the downed power lines after the wind storm.

    1961 January 17, Dwight D. Eisenhower, speech, Eisenhower's farewell address, Now, on Friday noon, I am to become a private citizen. I am proud to do so. I look forward to it.

    sich freuen auf

    ждать с нетерпе́ниемždatʹ s neterpénijem, не мочь дожда́тьсяne močʹ doždátʹsja, предвкуша́тьpredvkušátʹ

    не могти дочекатисяne mohty dočekatysja

Examples

2047 sentences

  1. I'm looking forward to the party.

    Я з нетерпінням очікую вечірку. — aandrusiak

    ruС нетерпением жду вечеринку. — bijin

    deIch freue mich auf die Party. — Espi

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  2. I'm looking forward to seeing you.

    Я з нетерпінням чекаю на зустріч з тобою. — deniko

    ruЯ с нетерпением жду встречи с тобой. — marafon

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  3. I'm looking forward to good news.

    Я з нетерпінням чекаю на хороші новини. — Ahha

    ruЯ с нетерпением жду хороших новостей. — marafon

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  4. I am looking forward to Christmas.

    Я із нетерпінням чекаю на Різдво. — shanghainese

    ruЯ с нетерпением жду Рождества. — sharptoothed

    deIch freue mich auf Weihnachten. — samueldora

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  5. I look forward to my birthday.

    Я з нетерпінням чекаю на власний день народження. — deniko

    ruЖду не дождусь своего дня рождения. — marafon

    deIch freue mich auf meinen Geburtstag. — Wolf

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
anticipate, expect, or wait for:
Русский
By meaning 1
anticipate, expect, or wait for:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
anticipate, expect, or wait for:

Forms

looks forward to, looking forward to, looked forward to, looked forward to
Base formlook forward to · to look forward to
3rd person singularlooks forward to
Present participlelooking forward to
Past simplelooked forward to
Past participlelooked forward to

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylook forward to
he, she, itlooks forward to

Past simpleLesson

all personslooked forward to

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave looked forward to
he, she, ithas looked forward to

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill look forward to

Word family

1 related words
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Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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