look forward to
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look forward to (third-person singular simple present looks forward to, present participle looking forward to, simple past and past participle looked forward to)
- (transitive, idiomatic) To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure. To be excited or eager to.
- He was not looking forward to having to repair the downed power lines after the wind storm.
- 1794 November 19, George Washington, speech, George Washington's Sixth State of the Union Address,
- When we call to mind the gracious indulgence of Heaven by which the American people became a nation; when we survey the general prosperity of our country, and look forward to the riches, power, and happiness to which it seems destined, with the deepest regret do I announce to you that during your recess some of the citizens of the United States have been found capable of insurrection.
- 1818, [Mary Shelley], chapter V, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume III, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, →OCLC, page 106:
- I love Elizabeth and look forward to our union with delight.
- 1895, Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest […] , [Act III]:
- Then a passionate celibacy is all that any of us can look forward to.
- 1909 May 18, Gilbert Newton Lewis, Richard Chace Tolman, “The Principle of Relativity, and Non-Newtonian Mechanics”, in Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 44: 709-726:
- To such verification, however, we may look forward with reasonable confidence, for Einstein has deduced from the principle of relativity, together with the electromagnetic theory, a number of striking consequences which are remarkably self-consistent.
- 1961 January 17, Dwight D. Eisenhower, speech, Eisenhower's farewell address,
- Now, on Friday noon, I am to become a private citizen. I am proud to do so. I look forward to it.
- 2024 February 7, Philip Haigh, “Railway's fragile resilience”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 3:
- I look forward to seeing 3417 running under its own power on the main line, and carrying passengers too. That needs central door locking, which will be no mean feat on a 4-VEP with 60 passenger doors.
Translations
anticipate, expect, or wait for
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See also
- roll on (Interjection, British, informal)
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