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looks for

looks for is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 looks for

What is looks for the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Looks for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of look for.

Words near looks for in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: looks 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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