looked-for

as inprospective

Synonyms for looked-for

adj anticipated, potential

Antonyms for looked-for

Word Origin & History

Old English locian "use the eyes for seeing, gaze, look, behold, spy," from West Germanic *lokjan (cf. Old Saxon lokon "see, look, spy," Middle Dutch loeken "to look," Old High German luogen, German dialectal lugen "to look out"), of unknown origin, perhaps cognate with Breton lagud "eye." In Old English, usually with on; the use of at began 14c. Meaning "seek, search out" is c.1300; meaning "to have a certain appearance" is from c.1400. Of objects, "to face in a certain direction," late 14c.

Look after "take care of" is from late 14c., earlier "to seek" (c.1300), "to look toward" (c.1200). Look into "investigate" is from 1580s; look up "research in books or papers" is from 1690s. To look down upon in the figurative sense is from 1711; to look down one's nose is from 1921. To look forward "anticipate" is c.1600; meaning "anticipate with pleasure" is mid-19c. To not look back "make no pauses" is colloquial, first attested 1893. In look sharp (1711) sharp originally was an adverb, "sharply."

Example Sentences for looked-for

In a moment we knew it for the Ericsson—the looked-for other iron-clad we knew to be a-building.

If that looked-for help would only come now—while she still slept.

At daylight we perceived the looked-for spot, and stood towards it.

And he said that no doubt it would be a week before the looked-for arrival.

She, extremely unhappy on this looked-for holiday, waited for him.

There is a faint light in the sky: it is the looked-for moon about to rise.

The looked-for answer to their appeal had not reached them yet.

Ere the arrival of the looked-for bazaar, Miss Craven's cure is complete.

More and more men arrived, but evidently not the looked-for men.

The world, in Mechthilds day, was in a state of unrest and of looked-for change.

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