look for

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verb

1. try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of (Freq. 50)
- The police are searching for clues
- They are searching for the missing man in the entire county
• Syn:
search, seek
• Derivationally related forms:
seeking (for: seek), search (for: search), searcher (for: search)
• Hyponyms:
dredge, drag, finger, grope, fumble,
divine, browse, surf, leave no stone unturned, hunt, gather,
want, scour, seek out, quest for, go after, quest after,
pursue, fish, angle, grub, feel, shop
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- The banks look for the check
- Sam cannot look for Sue
- They look for the water
2. be excited or anxious about (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
anticipate, look to
• Derivationally related forms:
anticipative (for: anticipate)
• Hypernyms:
expect, look, await, wait
• Hyponyms:
apprehend, quail at
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something