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looks to

looks to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of look to.

Meaning of look to

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, to.
  2. (idiomatic) To seek inspiration or advice or reward from someone.
    • Whenever I'm upset, I look to Mary to cheer me up.
    Synonyms:
    run to, turn to
  3. (idiomatic) To take care of.
    • He thoroughly cleaned his silver watch-chain with whiting, put new lacing straps to his boots, looked to the brass eyelet-holes, went to the inmost heart of the plantation for a new walking-stick, and trimmed it vigorously on his way back;[…].1874, Thomas Hardy, chapter 4, in Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC
  4. (idiomatic) To intend to; to prepare to; to seem likely to.
    • I think that cat was looking to bite me if I hadn't run away!

Questions about looks to

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

Words near looks to in the dictionary

  1. looks shy
  2. looks snappy
  3. looks the other way
  4. looks the part
  5. looks through
  6. looks to
  7. looks under rocks
  8. looks up
  9. looks up and down
  10. looks up to
  11. looks upon

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