Meaning

6 senses
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, up.

    We stayed up late to look up at the stars.

    hochsehen, aufblicken

    смотре́ть вверхsmotrétʹ vverx

  2. (idiomatic, intransitive)To have better prospects.

    Things started looking up after Jim moved back in with his parents.

    bergauf gehen, aufwärtsgehen

    улучша́тьсяulučšátʹsja

  3. (idiomatic, transitive)To obtain, or seek to obtain, information about something.

    seek information from

  4. To obtain, or seek to obtain, information about something.

    (idiomatic, transitive)To obtain information about something from a reference book.

    I didn't know what a mitochondrion was until I looked it up in a dictionary.

    nachschlagen

    иска́тьiskátʹ, поиска́тьpoiskátʹ, смотре́тьsmotrétʹ

  5. (idiomatic, transitive)To enter a query into a database or search engine.

    If you look up a bunch of random characters, there will probably be no results.

  6. (idiomatic, transitive)To reconnect or meet with someone that one used to know.

Examples

602 sentences
  1. He looked up at the sky.

    Він глянув на небо. — aandrusiak

    ruОн посмотрел вверх на небо. — Balamax

    deEr sah den Himmel. — jerom

  2. She looked up at the sky.

    Вона подивилася на небо. — deniko

    ruОна посмотрела на небо. — marafon

    deSie sah zum Himmel hinauf. — Fingerhut

  3. I looked up at the moon.

    Я подивився вгору на місяць. — deniko

  4. All the students look up to him.

    Усi студенти вiд нього у захватi. — rmdas

    deAlle Schüler sehen zu ihm auf. — Sudajaengi

  5. Everybody looks up to him.

    Всі шанують його. — esperanto

    ruВсе уважают его. — nina99nv

    deAlle schauen zu ihm auf. — lilygilder

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
used other than as an idiom:
to have better prospects, to improve:
to obtain information about something from a text source:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
used other than as an idiom:
to have better prospects, to improve:
to obtain information about something from a text source:

Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylook up
he, she, itlooks up

Past simpleLesson

all personslooked up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave looked up
he, she, ithas looked up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill look up

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

15 synonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relatedlookup
Derivedlookupable

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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