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looking for

looking for is the present participle and gerund 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 looking for

What is looking for the present participle and gerund of?
Looking for is the present participle and gerund of look for.

Words near looking for in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: looking 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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