lookup

or look-up

[ look-uhp ]

noun

1. an act or instance of looking something up, as information in a reference book or an online database.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lookup¹

1945–50 for an earlier sense; noun use of verb phrase look up

Example Sentences

Visual Lookup works on photos you’ve already taken and stored on your phone or tablet, and can identify items including art, landmarks, flowers, books, and pet breeds.

From Popular-Science

Visual Lookup is a tool that analyzes your photos and uses Siri Knowledge to gather information about the subject.

From Popular-Science

Instead, turn to the specialized WhoIs lookup tool maintained by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.

From Popular-Science

We first developed a lookup tool for the reporting team that could take any sentence as input and return the most-similar sentences from the database.

From ProPublica

Please travel with safety in mind and lookup local travel restrictions and warnings where you’re headed before you plan a visit.

From Essence.com

F—d, the Clerk of the Arraigns, brought off Lookup when indicted for perjury.

From Project Gutenberg

Lookup, a notorious gambler, was struck down by apoplexy when playing at this game.

From Project Gutenberg

Lookup, as well as Colonel Charteris,—of notorious memory in the annals of gaming and debauchery,—was from the north of the Tweed.

From Project Gutenberg

The eye of which Lookup had lost the use appeared as perfect as the other, even to a near observer.

From Project Gutenberg