look forward to in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "look forward to",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Expression"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "expression"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dread"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I look forward to meeting your mother."
        },
        {
          "text": "She looks forward to having a good time."
        },
        {
          "text": "They looked forward to buying their own home."
        },
        {
          "text": "I was not looking forward to meeting her mother."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you look forward to something, you wait for it, expecting that it will be nice."
      ],
      "id": "simple-look_forward_to-en-phrase-cmzXpwF5",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "anticipate"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "look forward to"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "look forward to",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Expression"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "expression"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dread"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I look forward to meeting your mother."
        },
        {
          "text": "She looks forward to having a good time."
        },
        {
          "text": "They looked forward to buying their own home."
        },
        {
          "text": "I was not looking forward to meeting her mother."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you look forward to something, you wait for it, expecting that it will be nice."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "anticipate"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "look forward to"
}

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"look forward to" meaning in English

Phrase