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looking forward to

looking forward to is the present participle and gerund of look forward to.

Meaning of look forward 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.

Questions about looking forward to

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

Words near looking forward to in the dictionary

  1. looking for
  2. looking for a dog to kick
  3. looking for number one
  4. looking for trouble
  5. looking forward
  6. looking forward to
  7. looking glass
  8. looking glasses
  9. looking in
  10. looking in on
  11. looking in the face

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Adapted from Wiktionary: looking forward to (page history and authors); look forward to (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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