LOOK UP (SOMETHING)
To look up something (or look something up) is to try and find a piece of information in a book (such as a dictionary, directory, thesaurus or encyclopaedia), or by using a computer.
Examples of use:
- I’m looking up information about phrasal verbs.
- Look up the meaning of new English words in your dictionary.
- I looked up her telephone number in the telephone directory.
- Q. What are you doing ?
A. I’m looking up the population of Brazil for my geography project.
infinitive | look up |
present simple | look up and looks up |
-ing form | looking up |
past simple | looked up |
past participle | looked up |