Lookup

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An attempt to retrieve data.

    "My database lookup failed because I misspelled the word."

  2. 2
    an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property wordnet
  3. 3
    The process of locating a term in a reference work.

    "For some terms there is no Index entry that approaches the current spelling, making look-up difficult."

Verb
  1. 1
    Misspelling of look up. alt-of, misspelling

Etymology

Etymology 1

Deverbal from look up.

Etymology 2

Deverbal from look up.

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