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lookups

lookups is the plural of lookup.

Meaning of lookup

Noun

lookup (plural lookups)

  1. An attempt to retrieve data.
    • My database lookup failed because I misspelled the word.
  2. The process of locating a term in a reference work.
    • For some terms there is no Index entry that approaches the current spelling, making look-up difficult.2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 491

Questions about lookups

What is lookups the plural of?
Lookups is the plural of lookup.

Words near lookups in the dictionary

  1. lookt
  2. lookup
  3. lookup table
  4. lookup tables
  5. lookupable
  6. lookups
  7. looky
  8. looky-likey
  9. looky-loo
  10. looky-loos
  11. loom

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lookups (page history and authors); lookup (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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