look up
look
lƊk
look
up
ƌp
ap
/lʊk ˈʌp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "look up"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to look up
[phrase form: look]
01

āĻ–ā§‹āρāϜāĻž, āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to try to find information in a dictionary, computer, etc.
Transitive: to look up information
to look up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Wait a minute, I 'm looking up the address.
āĻāĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāύāĻž āϖ⧁āρāϜāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
02

āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāύ, āĻšā§‹āĻ– āϤ⧋āϞāĻž

to raise one's eyes from something one is looking at downwards
Intransitive: to look up from sth
to look up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He has looked up from his phone several times during the meeting.
āϏāĻ­āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻšā§‹āĻ– āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋, āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋāϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋

to show signs of improvement
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The situation is currently looking up for the team, as they have won their last three games.
āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļ⧇āώ āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϚ āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
04

āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āφāϏāĻž

to visit someone, especially after a long period of not seeing them
Transitive: to look up sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I have n't seen my old friend in years, but I'm hoping to look her up when I visit her city next month.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāύāĻŋ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋ āϝ⧇ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻšāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ