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look forward to

look forward to verb: to anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to.

Verb

look forward to (third-person singular simple present looks forward to, present participle looking forward to, simple past and past participle looked forward to)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to.
    • He was not looking forward to having to repair the downed power lines after the wind storm.
    • When we call to mind the gracious indulgence of Heaven by which the American people became a nation; when we survey the general prosperity of our country, and look forward to the riches, power, and happiness to which it seems destined, with the deepest regret do I announce to you that during your...1794 November 19, George Washington, speech, George Washington's Sixth State of the Union Address

look forward to meaning in Telugu, Malayalam, Indonesian and Persian

look forward to in Telugu

anticipate, expect, or wait for
ఎదురుచూచు edurucūcu

look forward to in Malayalam

eagerly anticipate, await with pleasure, lick one's lip over
എന്തെങ്കിലും വളരെ കാര്യമായി കാത്തിക്കുക, കൊതിയോടെ കാത്തിരിക്കുക, ആകാംക്ഷയോടെ കാത്തിരിക്കുക, ഉറ്റുനോക്കുക, പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കുക, ആശയോടുകൂടി പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കുക

look forward to in Indonesian

anticipate, expect, or wait for
nantikan

look forward to in Persian

anticipate, expect, or wait for
مشتاق بودن moštâq budan

Examples of look forward to in a sentence

  • I love Elizabeth and look forward to our union with delight.1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter V, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume III, London...
  • Then a passionate celibacy is all that any of us can look forward to.1895, Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest […] , [Act III]:
  • I look forward to seeing 3417 running under its own power on the main line, and carrying passengers too.2024 February 7, Philip Haigh, “Railway's fragile resilience”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 3:

Forms of look forward to

third-person singular presentlooks forward to
present participlelooking forward to
past participlelooked forward to
pastlooked forward to

Questions about look forward to

What does look forward to mean?
Look forward to means to anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to.
What is look forward to in Telugu?
Look forward to in Telugu is ఎదురుచూచు (edurucūcu). See Look forward to meaning in Telugu.
How do you use look forward to in a sentence?
I love Elizabeth and look forward to our union with delight.
What part of speech is look forward to?
Look forward to is a verb.
What is the past tense of look forward to?
The past tense of look forward to is looked forward to.

Words near look forward to in the dictionary

  1. look down upon
  2. look for
  3. look for a dog to kick
  4. look for number one
  5. look for trouble
  6. look forward to
  7. look fun
  8. look funn
  9. look here
  10. look in
  11. look in on

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: look forward to (page history and authors); look forward to (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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