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Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo
What does look up mean?
I have understood that the word Look up meaning Busqueda in English, but as you must to know I'm not very sure, therefore I ask you help.
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Oh jeeze, that's a hard one for me to put into words!
I guess you could say it means "to find", as in a dictionary.
Off the top of my head, I'd say it's only used when talking about finding some kind of data or information.
If there's a word you want to know the meaning of, you find it in the dictionary == you look it up in the dictionary.
You can also "look someone up" in the phone book -- you use the phone directory to find their phone number.
You
wouldn't say "I went to the store and looked up the new movie on DVD." or "I lost my keys, but I was able to look them up."