English to English Dictionary

Look-Ahead

The act of anticipating or planning for future events or conditions.

Look-away

A pass in basketball or other team sports where the player passes the ball in a direction other than the one they are facing or looking.

Look-back

An act of looking back or reviewing past events, data, or performance.

Look-through

An analytical approach or mechanism that allows investors or regulators to see through a holding structure to the underlying assets or liabilities.

Lookalike

A person or thing that closely resembles another.

Looker

A person who looks or gazes at something.

Lookout

A person or position that watches for danger or trouble.

Lookup

An act of searching for information in a reference book, database, or list.

Looning

The act of engaging in eccentric, foolish, or whimsical behavior resembling the wild antics of a loon bird.

Loop

A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.

Loop-Back

A method of routing signals or data back to their source.

Loophole

An ambiguity, omission, or inadequacy in a law, contract, or set of rules that allows people to circumvent the intent of the regulation.