"lookup" meaning in English

See lookup in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-lookup.wav Forms: lookups [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from look up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|look up}} Deverbal from look up Head templates: {{en-noun}} lookup (plural lookups)
  1. An attempt to retrieve data.
    Sense id: en-lookup-en-noun-mC24BjZ~
  2. The process of locating a term in a reference work.
    Sense id: en-lookup-en-noun-1VCkV7by Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English deverbals: 23 46 31 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 57 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 61 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 69 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: look-up Derived forms: lookup table Related terms: look up

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-lookup.wav
Etymology: Deverbal from look up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|look up}} Deverbal from look up Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling}} lookup
  1. Misspelling of look up. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: look up
    Sense id: en-lookup-en-verb-Y9Wu0S8U
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: look-up

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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