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looking into

looking into is the present participle and gerund of look into.

Meaning of look into

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To investigate, explore, or consider.
    • If you are buying a new car, you might want to look into getting a hybrid or other high-efficiency vehicle.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: look into.
    • He looked into her eyes.

Questions about looking into

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

Words near looking into in the dictionary

  1. looking glass
  2. looking glasses
  3. looking in
  4. looking in on
  5. looking in the face
  6. looking into
  7. looking it
  8. looking like
  9. looking like a bomb has hit it
  10. looking like one swallowed a bug
  11. looking like something the cat brought in

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