What is the meaning of looking for?

Try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of.
- usage: "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
- synonyms: search, seek, look for
Be excited or anxious about.
- synonyms: anticipate, look for, look to

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APA	WordNet. (2010). looking for. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/looking_for/definitions/1292174
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