look ahead to in English

Forms: looks ahead to [present, singular, third-person], looking ahead to [participle, present], looked ahead to [participle, past], looked ahead to [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} look ahead to (third-person singular simple present looks ahead to, present participle looking ahead to, simple past and past participle looked ahead to)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "looks ahead to",
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        "present",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "looked ahead to",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
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        "To plan for the future; to look forward to something; to be excited for something happening in the future."
      ],
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        [
          "look forward",
          "look forward"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "look ahead to"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "looks ahead to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looking ahead to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked ahead to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked ahead to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "To plan for the future; to look forward to something; to be excited for something happening in the future."
      ],
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          "look forward"
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}

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"look ahead to" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms