lookup
IPA: ɫˈʊkʌp
noun
- An attempt to retrieve data.
- The process of locating a term in a reference work.
verb
- Misspelling of look up. [Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, up.]
look up
IPA: ɫˈʊkˈʌp
verb
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, up.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To have better prospects.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To obtain, or seek to obtain, information about something.
- To obtain information about something from a reference book.
- To enter a query into a database or search engine.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To reconnect or meet with someone that one used to know.
look-up
IPA: ɫˈʊkʌp
noun
- Alternative form of lookup [An attempt to retrieve data.]
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Examples of "lookup" in Sentences
Examples of "look-up" in Sentences
- Most states provide detailed voter information and a precinct look-up application.
- Anyway, I didn†™ t realize who she was until I got home and tried to look-up her number on-line.
- [They could tell that if they did] a real simple look-up of where I'm located based on my IP address.
- The forecast look-up tool at washingtonpost.com/weather, pictured above, now accepts international city, country searches.
- If Huffman compression is used then the related tables should be made available to receiver manufacturers without the need for a licence for Huffman look-up tables from the BBC.
- "If Huffman compression is used then the related tables should be made available to receiver manufacturers without the need for a licence for Huffman look-up tables from the BBC".
- Since then, Vitamin Shoppe's stock has gained more than 50% in a year, and its Web site--which offers live chat, mobile inventory look-up, and quick response code functionality--ranks among its most valuable brand assets.
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