Definition of LOOKUP

lookup

Plural: lookups

Noun

  • The act or process of searching for information.
  • an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
    • "they wrote a program to do a table lookup"
  • An attempt to retrieve data.
  • The process of locating a term in a reference work.

Verb

  • Misspelling of look up.

Examples

  • A quick LOOKUP in the dictionary confirmed that ’QI’ was indeed a valid Scrabble word.
  • My database lookup failed because I misspelled the word.

Origin / Etymology

Deverbal from look up.

Synonyms

search

Scrabble Score: 12

lookup: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
lookup: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lookup: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

lookup: valid Words With Friends Word