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looked for

looked for is the simple past and past participle of look for.

Meaning of look for

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To seek.
    • He spent his life looking for the truth.
    Synonyms:
    search for
  2. (archaic, transitive) To expect.
    Synonyms:
    look after

Questions about looked for

What is looked for the simple past and past participle of?
Looked for is the simple past and past participle of look for.

Words near looked for in the dictionary

  1. looked daggers
  2. looked down
  3. looked down on
  4. looked down one's nose
  5. looked down upon
  6. looked for
  7. looked for a dog to kick
  8. looked for number one
  9. looked for trouble
  10. looked forward to
  11. looked in

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Adapted from Wiktionary: looked for (page history and authors); look for (page history and authors). 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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