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Noun: lookup
  1. An operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
    "they wrote a program to do a table lookup";
    - search
Verb: look up
  1. Seek information from
    "She looked up the word in the dictionary";
    - consult, refer
     
  2. Visit or contact someone, especially casually or after a period without contact
    "I'll look you up next time I'm in town"
     
  3. Improve or get better
    "Things are finally looking up for our business"

Derived forms: looks up, lookups, looked up, looking up

Type of: operation, research

Encyclopedia: Lookup

Look up, look out, look alive!