look up

verb

Definition of look upnext
1
as in to pursue
to go in search of be sure to look me up if you're ever in town

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2
as in to brighten
to become glad or hopeful by the next morning, the skies had begun to clear and we were looking up

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Recent Examples of look up Opponents will be looking up to China during the women’s FIBA World Cup, starting with the the United States. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026 Oestlien was recently looking up at the roof of the office building where that receiver once stood. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Things were looking up for the Cardinals entering the 2026 season. — Pj Green august 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026 Chuck Lippi, an arborist at Advanced Tree Care, says homeowners should look up—what appears to be foliage may actually be vine leaves. — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for look up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for look up
  1. pursue
  2. brighten
  3. seek
  4. glow
Verb
  • Record signing Luka Vuskovic is setting a high bar in the Premier League for Brighton & Hove Albion’s 10 other summer transfer window signings to pursue.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Pancho’s brothers pursued their own leads, at one point visiting a local leader of organized crime.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of pursue
Verb
  • On overcast afternoons, the sky often brightened as the evening wore on, as if the world were turning in reverse.
    — Holden Frith, TheWeek, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Saturn, meanwhile, continues to brighten in the east during the late evening, making this an increasingly good time to point binoculars or, better still, a small telescope toward the ringed planet.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of brighten
Verb
  • The revelation of the changes comes amid intense competition in the AI industry, as companies release updates to their large language models at a frenetic pace, each seeking to pull ahead of the other.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The department has sued 29 states seeking similar information and has lost in 23 of its cases so far, while many remain under appeal.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of seek
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  • Still, given the national attention given last winter to the air conditioning not working properly in an Angel Stadium weight room, Neto said the evaluation from the Rams’ locker room was glowing.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The best body scrubs are a cheat code to achieving healthy, glowing skin fast.
    — Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of glow

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“Look up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/look%20up. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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