LOOK TO

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does look to mean? 

• LOOK TO (verb)
  The verb LOOK TO has 2 senses:

1. turn one's interests or expectations towards

2. be excited or anxious about

  Familiarity information: LOOK TO used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOOK TO (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Turn one's interests or expectations towards

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

this method looks to significant wavings

Hypernyms (to "look to" is one way to...):

await; expect; look; wait (look forward to the probable occurrence of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be excited or anxious about

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

anticipate; look for; look to

Hypernyms (to "look to" is one way to...):

await; expect; look; wait (look forward to the probable occurrence of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "look to"):

apprehend; quail at (anticipate with dread or anxiety)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

His eyes never met mine; they kept wandering to and fro, up and down, now with a look to the sky, now with a flitting glance upon the dead O'Brien.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Don’t look to me for a penny—not a penny!

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At last Hans gave in to her. "All right," he said. "Have it your own way. And to-morrow or next day look to see him kill you and me."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I look to the state for nothing.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

In addition to searching for new drugs, scientists often look to re-purpose existing drugs.

(Blood pressure drug shows promise for treating Parkinson’s and dementia in animal studies, University of Cambridge)

When I write your report each month, I always look to the conversations that Jupiter, your ruler, is having with other planets to judge how your month will go for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“It has a disagreeable look to me. I must get rid of every thing. There it goes, and there is an end, thank Heaven! of Mr. Elton.”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Presently he said in a soft voice: "Do not stir an instant. It is enough. You attend him; I will look to her."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Whatever betides, whatever new ties you may form, whatever changes may come between us, I shall always look to you, and love you, as I do now, and have always done.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“I look to see some handsome joisting,” said Don Pedro, who rode with the King of Majorca upon the right of the prince, while Chandos was on the left.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)