phrasal
1. : to look into the future
looked forward with the same ease that most people slip backward — John Mason Brown
2.
a. : to look into the future with expectation (as of an event or development)
looked forward to a hard year — J.S.Dickey
looked forward to the time when under true Communism there would be no state — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink
b. : to anticipate with pleasure or satisfaction
they certainly look forward to meeting him
did not look forward to living in the splendor of Government House — Current Biography