1
[ verb ] rely or depend on

Examples

"you can count on me to help you any time"

Used in print

(Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)

Most park planners look_to water frontage for basic park areas .

Related terms

expect trust

2
[ verb ] turn one's interests or expectations towards

Examples

"look to the future" "this method looks to significant wavings"

Used in print

(Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)

The Eichmann case looked_to the past , not to the future .

(Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)

Chandler , looking_to right and left to see how his men were faring , suddenly saw another figure bounding up the hill , hurling grenades and hollering the battle_cry as he ran .

(Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach,...)

No_longer did the sovereign look_to the law_of_nations to determine what he ought to do ; his search was merely for rules that might limit his freedom of action .

Related terms

expect

3
[ verb ] be excited or anxious about

Synonyms

look_for anticipate

Used in print

(Los Angeles Times,...)

`` As we look_to the $ 800 billion economy that_is predicted for 1970 and the increase of about 40 % in consumer expenditures that will be required to reach that goal , management can well be restless about how this tremendous volume and number of new products will be created and marketed '' , Peterson said .

(Frank Murphy, "New Southern Fiction: Urban or Ag...)

Even two decades ago in Go_Down , Moses_Faulkner was looking_to the more urban future with a glimmer of hope that through its youth and its new way_of_life the South might be reborn and the curse of slavery erased from its soil .

Related terms

expect apprehend

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