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looks up to

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

Meaning of look up to

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To show respect or admiration for (someone); to see (someone) as a role model.
    • A boy should look up to his father.
    Antonyms:
    look down on

Questions about looks up to

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

Words near looks up to in the dictionary

  1. looks through
  2. looks to
  3. looks under rocks
  4. looks up
  5. looks up and down
  6. looks up to
  7. looks upon
  8. looksake
  9. looksaw
  10. looksee
  11. lookseeing

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