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gaze

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɡeɪz/
  • Australian: /ˈɡæɪz/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪz
  • homophone: gays (pane–pain merger)
  • CMU ARPABET: G EY1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: regard

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The object gazed on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychoanalysis, psychology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The framework in which a subject is presented, determined by the biases of the creator and/or audience.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-compounds, usually

Topics: media

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To stare intently or earnestly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • They gazed at the stars for hours.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To stare at.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: poetic, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a long fixed look

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he fixed his paternal gaze on me

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: regard

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stare

8

verb

Meaning 8

look at with fixed eyes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The students stared at the teacher with amazement

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stare

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: look

Narrower terms: stare down, outstare, outface, stargaze

History

Etymology

From Middle English gasen; akin to Swedish dialectal gasa and Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usgaisjan, “to terrify”).

Across languages

Translations

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: втренчен поглед (vtrenčen pogled) — fixed look
  • Esperanto: rigardo — fixed look
  • Finnish: tuijotus — fixed look
  • French: regard — fixed look
  • Georgian: მზერა (mzera) — fixed look
  • Georgian: დაჟინებული ცქერა (dažinebuli ckera) — fixed look
  • Greek: βλέμμα (vlémma) — fixed look
  • Hungarian: tekintet — fixed look
  • Italian: occhiata — fixed look
  • Latin: obtutus — fixed look
  • Persian: نگاه (negâh) — fixed look
  • Portuguese: olhar — fixed look
  • Portuguese: mirada — fixed look
  • Romanian: privire — fixed look
  • Russian: при́стальный взгля́д (prístalʹnyj vzgljád) — fixed look
  • Scottish Gaelic: dian-amharc — fixed look
  • Spanish: mirada — fixed look
  • Zazaki: bıpaw — fixed look
  • Zazaki: weyniyaye — object gazed on
  • Bulgarian: вторачвам се (vtoračvam se) — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Catalan: fitar — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Chinese Cantonese: 望 (mong6) — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Chinese Cantonese: 望住 (mong6 zyu6) — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Dutch: staren — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Dutch: turen — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Finnish: tuijottaa — to stare intently or earnestly
  • French: fixer — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Galician: ollar — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Galician: deñar — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Galician: catar — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Galician: guipar — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Galician: alurpiar — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Georgian: დაჟინებით ცქერა (dažinebit ckera) — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Georgian: მზერა (mzera) — to stare intently or earnestly
  • German: starren — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Ancient Greek: ἀθρέω (athréō) — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Ancient Greek: θεάομαι (theáomai) — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Ancient Greek: ἀτενίζω (atenízō) — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Hebrew: שָׁזַף עַיִן (shazáf 'ayín) — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Hebrew: הִבִּיט (hibbít) — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Hungarian: bámul — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Indonesian: tataplah — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Italian: fissare — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Latin: conspicio — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Latin: tueor — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Māori: mōtoi — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Māori: mātai — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Māori: taumata — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Māori: kekeho — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Middle English: gasen — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Occitan: agachar — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Occitan: agaitar — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Occitan: espiar — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Portuguese: contemplar — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Romanian: privi — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Romanian: holba — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Russian: разгля́дывать (razgljádyvatʹ) — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Scottish Gaelic: dian-amhairc — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Spanish: observar — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Tagalog: titig — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Tonga (Zambia): ebela — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Zazaki: pawen — to stare intently or earnestly
  • Bulgarian: взирам се (vziram se) — to stare at
  • Catalan: fitar — to stare at
  • Esperanto: rigardi — to stare at
  • Finnish: tuijottaa jotakin — to stare at
  • Georgian: მიშტერება (mišṭereba) — to stare at
  • Georgian: ქცერა (kcera) — to stare at
  • Georgian: ცქერა (ckera) — to stare at
  • German: anstarren — to stare at
  • Italian: guardare — to stare at
  • Italian: puntare gli occhi — to stare at
  • Italian: volgere lo sguardo — to stare at
  • Māori: mōtoi — to stare at
  • Middle English: gasen — to stare at
  • Portuguese: contemplar — to stare at
  • Russian: вглядываться в (vgljadyvatʹsja v) — to stare at
  • Scottish Gaelic: dian-amhairc — to stare at
  • Spanish: mirar fijamente — to stare at
  • Tagalog: titig — to stare at
  • Zazaki: weynen — to stare at