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Line 1: {{also\|lookup\|look-up}} ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio\|en\|En-au-look up.ogg\|a=AU}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb\|~~looks up\|looking up\|looked up\|looked up~~}} # {{&lit\|en\|look\|up~~\|lang=en~~}} #: ''{{ux\|en\|We stayed up late to '''look up''' at the stars.''}} # {{lb\|en\|intransitive\|idiomatic}} To have [[better]] [[prospects~~, to improve~~]]. #: {{syn\|en\|get better\|improve\|Thesaurus:improve}} #: ''{{ux\|en\|Things started '''looking up''' after Jim moved back in with his parents.''}} # {{lb\|en\|transitive\|idiomatic}} To obtain [[information]] about something from a text source.▼ # {{lb\|en\|transitive\|idiomatic}} To [[obtain]], or [[seek]] to obtain, [[information]] about something. #: ''I didn't know what a mitochondrion was until I '''looked''' it '''up''' in a dictionary.''▼ # {{quote-book\|en\|author=Dan Shive\|title=El Goonish Shive\|format=webcomic\|date=16 July 2014\|section=Comic for Wednesday, Jul 16, 2014\|sectionurl=https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2014-07-15-2\|text="Why do you know about transgender stuff? Did you '''look''' it '''up''' because of me?" "Oh no. I find wanting to change forms ''totally normal''. It never would've occurred to me."}} # {{lb\|en\|transitive}} To [[track down]] or [[search]] for (someone) that one used to know.▼ ▲# ~~{{lb\|en\|transitive\|idiomatic}}~~# To obtain [[information]] about something from a ~~text~~[[reference ~~source~~book]]. ##: {{syn\|en\|consult}} ▲##: ''{{ux\|en\|I didn't know what a mitochondrion was until I '''looked''' it '''up''' in a dictionary.''}} ## To enter a [[query]] into a [[database]] or [[search engine]]. ##: {{syn\|en\|search}} ##: {{ux\|en\|If you '''look up''' a bunch of random characters, there will probably be no results.}} ▲# {{lb\|en\|transitive\|idiomatic}} To [[~~track down~~reconnect]] or [[~~search~~meet]] ~~for~~with (someone) that one used to know. #: {{syn\|en\|track down}} #* {{quote-text\|en\|year=1914\|author=Rupert Hughes\|title=Clipped Wings \|passage='''Look me up''' next time you’re in town—if you can bring me some new ideas.}} ====Related terms==== Line 19 ⟶ 32: ====Translations==== {{trans-top\|''used other than as an idiom''}}▼ * Chinese:▼ : Mandarin: {{t+\|cmn\|仰\|tr=yǎng\|sc=Hani}}, {{t\|cmn\|上看\|tr=shàngkàn\|sc=Hani}}, {{t+\|cmn\|仰視\|sc=Hani}}, {{t+\|cmn\|仰视\|tr=yǎngshì\|sc=Hani}}▼ Dutch: {{t+\|nl\|opkijken}}▼ * Finnish: {{t\|fi\|[[katsoa]] ([[ylös]])}}, {{t\|fi\|[[katsella]] ([[ylös]])}}▼ * German: {{t\|de\|hochsehen}}, {{t\|de\|nach oben sehen}}▼ : Alemannic German: {{t\|gsw\|ufeluege}}▼ {{trans-mid}}▼ Hungarian: {{t\|hu\|felnéz}}▼ * Japanese: {{t\|ja\|見上げる\|tr=みあげる, miageru\|sc=Jpan}}▼ * Malay: {{t\|ms\|dongak}}▼ * Russian: {{t\|ru\|[[смотре́ть]] [[вверх]]\|impf}}▼ * Swedish: {{t+\|sv\|se upp}}▼ ~~{{trans-bottom}}~~ {{trans-top\|to have better prospects, to improve}} * Finnish: {{t+\|fi\|[[näyttää}}]] ~~{{t+\|fi\|~~[[hyvä\|~~alt=~~hyvältä]]}}, {{t+\|fi\|[[näyttää}}]] ~~{{t+\|fi\|~~[[lupaava\|~~alt=~~lupaavalta]]}} * German: {{t\|de\|[[sich]] [[bessern]]}}, {{t\|de\|[[aufwärts]][[gehen]]}} * Russian: {{t+\|ru\|улучша́ться\|impf}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * Spanish: {{t+\|es\|mejorar}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top\|to obtain information about something from a text source}} * Arabic: {{t+\|ar\|بَحَثَ}} * Catalan: {{t+\|ca\|cercar}} * Central Sierra Miwok: {{t\|csm\|ˀaký·l-}} * Chinese: : Mandarin: {{t+\|cmn\|查\|tr=chá~~\|sc=Hani~~}}, {{t+\|cmn\|查閱~~\|sc=Hani}}, {{t+\|cmn\|查阅~~\|tr=cháyuè~~\|sc=Hani~~}} Czech: {{t+\|cs\|vyhledat}} * Danish: {{t\|da\|slå op}} * Dutch: {{t+\|nl\|opzoeken}} * Faroese: {{t\|fo\|sláa upp}} * Finnish: {{t+\|fi\|katsoa}} * French: {{t+\|fr\|chercher}} * Galician: {{t+\|gl\|buscar}} * German: {{t+\|de\|nachschlagen}}, {{t+\|de\|nachsehen}} * Hungarian: {{t+\|hu\|utánanéz}}, {{t+\|hu\|kikeres}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * ~~Hungarian~~Icelandic: {{t+\|huis\|~~utánanéz~~slá upp}} * Italian: {{t+\|it\|cercare}} * Japanese: {{t+\|ja\|検索\|tr=けんさくする, kensaku suru\|alt=検索する\|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+\|ja\|調べる\|tr=しらべる, shiraberu\|sc=Jpan}} * Korean: {{t+\|ko\|찾아보다}} * Malagasy: {{t+\|mg\|mikaroka}} * Norwegian: {{t\|no\|slå opp}} * Occitan: {{t+\|oc\|cercar}} * Portuguese: {{t+\|pt\|buscar}}, {{t+\|pt\|pesquisar}}, {{t+\|pt\|consultar}} * Romanian: {{t+\|ro\|căuta}} * Russian: {{t+\|ru\|иска́ть\|impf}}, {{t+\|ru\|поиска́ть\|pf}}, {{t+\|ru\|смотре́ть\|impf}}, {{t+\|ru\|посмотре́ть\|pf}} * Spanish: {{t+\|es\|buscar}} * Swedish: {{t+\|sv\|slå upp}}, {{t\|sv\|kolla upp}} * Turkish: {{t+\|tr\|bakmak}} {{trans-bottom}} ▲{{trans-top\|''used other than as an idiom''}} ===Anagrams===▼ * Bulgarian: {{t\|bg\|гледам нагоре}} * {{anagrams\|en\|uplook}}▼ ▲* Chinese: ▲: Mandarin: {{t+\|cmn\|仰\|tr=yǎng~~\|sc=Hani~~}}, {{t\|cmn\|上看\|tr=shàngkàn~~\|sc=Hani~~}}, {{t+\|cmn\|仰視~~\|sc=Hani}}, {{t+\|cmn\|仰视~~\|tr=yǎngshì~~\|sc=Hani~~}} ▲ Dutch: {{t+\|nl\|opkijken}} ▲* Finnish: {{t\|fi\|[[katsoa]] ([[ylös]])}}, {{t\|fi\|[[katsella]] ([[ylös]])}} ▲* German: {{t+\|de\|hochsehen}}, {{t\|de\|nach oben sehen}}, {{t+\|de\|aufblicken}} ▲: Alemannic German: {{t\|gsw\|ufeluege}} ▲ Hungarian: {{t+\|hu\|felnéz}} ▲* Japanese: {{t+\|ja\|見上げる\|tr=みあげる, miageru\|sc=Jpan}} ▲* Malay: {{t+\|ms\|dongak}} ▲* Russian: {{t\|ru\|[[смотре́ть]] [[вверх]]\|impf}} * Spanish: {{t\|es\|mirar hacia arriba}} ▲* Swedish: {{t+\|sv\|se upp}} * Turkish: {{t\|tr\|yukarı bakmak}} * Tày: {{t\|tyz\|bơn}} * Vietnamese: {{t+\|vi\|ngước}} ▲{{trans-~~mid~~bottom}} ▲===Anagrams=== ~~[[Category:English phrasal verbs]]~~ ▲* {{anagrams\|en\|a=kloopu\|uplook}} ~~[[Category:English phrasal verbs with particle (up)]]~~