look up
Search for information
Look up has two main meanings.
One is to search for and find information, especially in a reference source: I had to look up the word in the dictionary.
The other is to improve or become better: Things are finally looking up for us.
If you look someone up, you contact or visit them after a period of not being in touch: Look me up next time you're in town.
Locate through effort
- queryRequest for information
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
information · index · browse · investigate · explore · discover · seek · examine
Toward the firmament
- ceilingRoom's upper surface
- starsLuminous celestial bodies
- heavensCelestial expanse overhead
- cloudsAirborne water masses
upward · above · overhead · tilt head · glance · peer · stare · watch
Regard with honor
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
- revereDeeply respect and admire
- idolizeRevere to excess
- emulateCopy with aspiration
role model · mentor · hero · inspiration · aspire · venerate · worship · adore
Expected future outcomes
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- upturnImprovement in conditions
- progressMovement toward improvement
- optimismTendency to expect good
turnaround · rebound · rally · brightening · hopeful · promising · better days · fortune
find
Locate through effort
- queryRequest for information
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
database · information · index · browse · investigate · explore · discover · seek · examine · google
skyward
Toward the firmament
clouds · upward · above · overhead · tilt head · glance · peer · stare · watch · observe
respect
Regard with honor
emulate · role model · mentor · hero · inspiration · aspire · venerate · worship · adore · regard
prospects
Expected future outcomes
optimism · turnaround · rebound · rally · brightening · hopeful · promising · better days · fortune · outlook
- encouragementencourage, encouraging, praises, hang in there, supports
- photo directionssmile, pose, hold it, freeze, say cheese
- phrasal verbsput down, turn on, turn off, wait for, ask for
- body movementsflexion, bend, twist, standing, extension
- risingrise, arise, ascend, climb, soar
- improvementget better, improvement, do better, enhance, make progress
look uplook down
View what's beneath
go downhill · decline · worsen · deteriorate · take a turn for the worse