Look forward to
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Definition
To be excited about something in the future
Example sentence
I’m really looking forward to the weekend.
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Common collocations
Natural word pairings to memorize.
Common pattern: look forward to + noun/gerund
- look forward to the weekend
- look forward to the holidays
- look forward to your visit
- look forward to seeing you
- look forward to hearing from you
- look forward to meeting you
Separable usage
Can the object split the verb? Compare correct vs incorrect.
We look forward to seeing you. ✅ (Correct)
We look seeing you forward to. ❌ (Incorrect)