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Electrum Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Look to

Here are a couple of senses of the phrase look to that are fairly new to me, and smack of being idoms, not yet fully naturalized. What is their status anyway?

Unrest in Bahrain looks to intensify in the coming weeks.
John is looking to land a contract to erect a bridge.
  

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Hi, I agree with your comments. I wouldn't write this way in eg a university essay. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, I agree with your comments.
  • I wouldn't write this way in eg a university essay.
  • Clive
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Hi,

I agree with your comments.
I wouldn't write this way in eg a university essay.

Clive
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The first one is from Yahoo News, if that proves anything. The second one is one that I hear all the time and see occasionally on line.
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Hi,

Yes, that doesn't surprise me. They are common terms.

Clive
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electrumnot yet fully naturalized
Yes. I'd say that that is their status.

CJ
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I'm not sure what you mean by 'naturalize', but the form has been around and reputable for a good long time:

I look to see advertisements shorter, printed with less display, and more numerous.
Date1881
TitleAmerican Newspaper
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Mister MicawberI'm not sure what you mean by 'naturalize', but the form has been around and reputable for a good long time:
How do you explain their absence from Dictionary.com, especially in the sense of, "The unrest looks to intensify."?

look to,
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Look farther down the page to 'Idioms & Phrases':

  1. look to be . Seem to be,
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Mister MicawberLook farther down the page to 'Idioms & Phrases':
My apologies.
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