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動詞

look up (third-person singular simple present looks up, present participle looking up, simple past and past participle looked up)

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

   We stayed up late to look up at the stars.

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

   Synonyms: get better, improve; see also Thesaurus:improve

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

3. (transitive, idiomatic) To obtain, or seek to obtain, information about something.
   • 1967 September, Tom Lehrer, 00:25:50 from the start, in Tom Lehrer: Live In Copenhagen‎ (television production), via DR2:

     The United States Supreme Court, for example, has decided that a book or a film can be banned if it arouses the prurient interests of the average person. Now prurient—I looked that up—it means having itching morbid or lewd and lascivious desires.

   • 2014 July 16, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Jul 16, 2014:

     "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."

   1. To obtain information about something from a reference book.

      Synonym: consult

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

   2. To enter a query into a database or search engine.

      Synonym: search

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

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

   Synonym: track down

   • 1914, Rupert Hughes, Clipped Wings:

     Look me up next time you’re in town—if you can bring me some new ideas.

派生語

関連する語

• look someone up and down
• look up to
• lookup

アナグラム

• uplook

語源

Deverbal from look up.

発音

• IPA: /ˈlʊkˌʌp/

名詞

lookup (plural lookups)

1. An attempt to retrieve data.

   My database lookup failed because I misspelled the word.

2. The process of locating a term in a reference work.
   • 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 491:

     For some terms there is no Index entry that approaches the current spelling, making look-up difficult.

派生語

• lookup table

関連する語

• look up

動詞

lookup

1. Misspelling of look up.

アナグラム

• uplook