"look ahead to" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: looks ahead to [present, singular, third-person], looking ahead to [participle, present], looked ahead to [participle, past], looked ahead to [past]
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)
  1. To plan for the future; to look forward to something; to be excited for something happening in the future.

Inflected forms

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