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LOOK UP Synonyms

There are 13 synonyms of the phrase look up. (exact relations)
There is 1 hypernym of the phrase look up. (close relations)

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verbv
noun

• vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat

• reading superficially or at random

• the act of feeding by continual nibbling

verb

• shop around; not necessarily buying

• feed as in a meadow or pasture

• look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular

• eat lightly, try different dishes

delve
verbv
verb

• turn up, loosen, or remove earth

examine
verbv
verb

• consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

• observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect

• question or examine thoroughly and closely

• question closely

• put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

explore
verbv
verb

• inquire into

• travel to or penetrate into

• inquire into a subject in detail

• examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes

inquire
verbv
verb

• address a question to and expect an answer from

• have a wish or desire to know something

• conduct an inquiry or investigation of

investigate
verbv
verb

• investigate scientifically

• conduct an inquiry or investigation of

probe
verb, nounv, n
noun

• an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities

• a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities

• an exploratory action or expedition

• an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity

verb

• question or examine thoroughly and closely

• examine physically with or as if with a probe

research
verb, nounv, n
noun

• systematic investigation to establish facts

• a search for knowledge

verb

• attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner

• inquire into

scan
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region

• an image produced by scanning

verb

• examine minutely or intensely

• examine hastily

• make a wide, sweeping search of

• conform to a metrical pattern

• move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image

• read metrically

• obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources

scrutinize
verbv
verb

• to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail

• examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification

search
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

• an investigation seeking answers

• an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property

• the examination of alternative hypotheses

• boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas

verb

• try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

• search or seek

• inquire into

• subject to a search

consult
verbv
verb

• get or ask advice from

• seek information from

• have a conference in order to talk something over

• advise professionally

refer
verbv
verb

• make reference to

• be relevant to

• think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another

• send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision

• seek information from

• have as a meaning

• use a name to designate

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