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looked-for

Meaning of "looked-for" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF LOOKED-FOR

ˈlʊktˌfɔː


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOOKED-FOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Looked-For is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LOOKED-FOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of looked-for in the English dictionary

The definition of looked-for in the dictionary is hoped for.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOOKED-FOR

anaphor · carrefour · chromatophore · chromophore · ctenophore · fluorophore · gametophore · hoped-for · iodophor · ionophore · melanophore · photophore · pinafore · rhynchophore · semaphore · spermatophore · therefore · unprovided-for · wherefor · wherefore

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOOKED-FOR

look someone in the face · look through · look to one´s laurels · look up · look-in · look-see · look-up · lookalike · lookdown · looked-after · looker · looker-on · lookie-likie · looking glass · looking-glass · lookism · lookist · lookout · lookout post · looks

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOOKED-FOR

as for · ask for · be all for · be in the market for · but for · except for · for · go for · have no time for · have no use for · in line for · longed-for · so much for · stand up for · uncalled-for · uncared-for · unhoped-for · unlooked-for · up for · what-for

Synonyms and antonyms of looked-for in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «looked-for» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF LOOKED-FOR

Find out the translation of looked-for to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of looked-for from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «looked-for» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

看着换
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

parecía - para
570 millions of speakers
en

English

looked-for
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

देखा के लिए
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بدا ل
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

посмотрел - на
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

olhou - a
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

খুজেছিল
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

recherchée pour
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

mencari
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Ersehnte
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

見えた、のために
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

보고 를위한
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Nyawang-kanggo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhìn-cho
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தேடினேன்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पाहिले-साठी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

için baktı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

cercato - per
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

spojrzał - do
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

подивився - на
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

uitat - pentru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοίταξε - για
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kyk - vir
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

såg - för
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

så - for
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of looked-for

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOOKED-FOR»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of looked-for
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «looked-for».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about looked-for

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOOKED-FOR»

Discover the use of looked-for in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to looked-for and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How Peter Molar Looked for a Smile
A lonely young tooth goes in search of a smile and finds thirty-one compatible friends along the way.
Jan Bohonek, Stan Barton Bohonek, 1983
2
The Story of Old Mrs. Brubeck and How She Looked for Trouble ...
Rather than have trouble catch her by surprise, a perpetual worrier deliberately looks for it.
Lore Groszmann Segal, Marcia Sewall, 1981
3
Agency, Contingency and Census Process: Observations of the ...
No, did not look for work Yes, could have started work last week No, already had a job to go to No, other reason 1 1 Yes, looked for full-time work Yes, looked for part-time work Did not look for work No, temporarily ill or injured No, did not look  ...
Frances Morphy, 2007
4
Methods of sampling, laboratory analysis, and statistical ...
The elements looked for, the methods of analysis, and the lower limits of determination are summarized in table 1. Elements that were looked for in all samples but were never found above the lower limits of determination are as follows: ...
Alfred T. Miesch, Geological Survey (U.S.)., 1976
5
U.S. Geological Survey professional paper
The elements looked for, the methods of analysis, and the lower limits of determination are summarized in table 1. Elements that were looked for in all samples but were never found above the lower limits of determination are as follows: ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1984
6
Early History of the Idea of the Inheritance of Acquired ...
Then they looked for him, his father and mother and the whole community. That poor boy who killed him looked for him too, as if he didn't know who killed him. They asked him many questions, but he didn't give a true answer. Another time they ...
Conway Zirkle, 2007
7
Summa Theologiae: Volume 13, Man Made to God's Image: 1a. 90-102
So God's image in the soul is not to be looked for in its activities. 2. Again, Augustine ascribes God's image to the soul in terms of these three, mind, awareness, and love.3 Now mind is not an activity, but rather a power, or even the essence of ...
Thomas Aquinas, Edmund Hill, 2006
8
Handbook of labor statistics
Sex and extent of unemployment 1957 1958 1959 1 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 2 1967 TOTAL Total who worked or looked for work 78,585 78,787 79,494 82,204 81,963 83,944 85,038 86,837 87,591 87,540 89,432 Percent with  ...
United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1982
9
ECAI 2010: 19th European Conference on Artificial ...
In the case of studying co-occurrences, we looked for Wikipedia articles that frequently co-occurred in the forms of links with some of our potential tags. This metric was utilized in such cases when a potential tag was referred to at least 10 times ...
Helder Coelho, Rudi Studer, Michael Wooldridge, 2010
10
The Dublin Review
" THE STRANGER IN LOUISIANA. " We saw thee, O stranger, and wept 1 We looked for the youth of the sunny glance, Whose step was the fleetest in chace or dance! The light of his eye was a joy to see, The path of his arrows a storm to flee !
‎1837
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Looked-For [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/looked-for>. May 2024 ».
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