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lookup (third-person singular simple presentlooks up,present participlelooking up,simple past and past participlelooked up)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seelook,‎up.
    We stayed up late tolook up at the stars.
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To havebetterprospects.
    Synonyms:get better,improve;see alsoThesaurus:improve
    Things startedlooking up after Jim moved back in with his parents.
  3. (transitive, idiomatic) Toobtain, orseek to obtain,information about something.
    • 2014 July 16, Dan Shive,El Goonish Shive (webcomic),Comic for Wednesday, Jul 16, 2014:
      "Why do you know about transgender stuff? Did youlook itup because of me?" "Oh no. I find wanting to change formstotally normal. It never would've occurred to me."
    1. To obtain information about something from areference book.
      Synonym:consult
      I didn't know what a mitochondrion was until Ilooked itup in a dictionary.
    2. To enter aquery into adatabase orsearch engine.
      Synonym:search
      If youlook up a bunch of random characters, there will probably be no results.
  4. (transitive, idiomatic) Toreconnect ormeet 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.

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to have better prospects, to improve
to obtain information about something from a text source
used other than as an idiom

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