phrasal verb · neutral
look for
UK/lʊk fɔː/US/lʊk fɔːr/LOOK·for
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to try to find something or someone
Examples
“I was looking for a quiet café to study in.”
“She's looking for a new job at the moment.”
“They looked for their lost tickets all morning.”
Band 8 sentence
“When I moved to the city, I spent weeks looking for an affordable flat near the university.”
Collocations
- look for a solution
- look for a job
- look for clues
Word family
look for phrasal verblooked for / looking for / looks for verb forms
Common mistakes
look after→look for
search→look for
Say it for a higher band
5find→6search for→7+look for
Synonyms
search for
seek
Easily confused
look into
“The university will look into the complaint next week.”
look up
“If you don't know the word, look it up in a dictionary.”
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