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Definition of "look for" []

  • To search; to seek. (verb)

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Use "look for" in a sentence
  • "He told Aiden to look for any files about Project Oasis."
  • "With their textured, creamy backgrounds, the paintings inspired by Procida are also extremely evocative: parched cliff-tops in the Bay of Naples; crumbling plaster; the heat – it's all there if you look for it, though without that act of the imagination the charm quickly fades."
  • "When clinicians test a patient who has lupuslike symptoms, they look for one or more in this array of autoantibodies to help in their diagnosis."