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To inspect a building or area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- We're interested in buying this house. Can we look around tomorrow?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To search a place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- I can't find my keys, so I'll look around.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To turn one's head to see what is behind oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- He heard a voice and looked around to see a man wearing dark clothes.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To take note of the situation; to make oneself aware.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, around.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
look about oneself
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- look around to see whether you can find the missing document
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: look
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَلَفَّتَ
(talaffata)
— to inspect a building or area
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Azerbaijani:
baxınmaq
— to inspect a building or area
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Bulgarian:
оглеждам се
(ogleždam se)
— to inspect a building or area
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Chinese Mandarin:
環顧 /环顾
(huángù)
— to inspect a building or area
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Finnish:
tutkia
— to inspect a building or area
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Finnish:
tarkastella
— to inspect a building or area
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Finnish:
kierrellä
— to inspect a building or area
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French:
regarder autour de soi
— to inspect a building or area
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German:
sich umsehen
— to inspect a building or area
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German:
sich umschauen
— to inspect a building or area
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German:
umherblicken
— to inspect a building or area
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Ancient Greek:
περισκοπέω
(periskopéō)
— to inspect a building or area
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Hungarian:
körülnéz
— to inspect a building or area
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Japanese:
見回す
(mimawasu)
— to inspect a building or area
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Korean:
둘러보다
(dulleoboda)
— to inspect a building or area
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Polish:
rozglądać się
— to inspect a building or area
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Polish:
rozejrzeć się
— to inspect a building or area
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Russian:
осма́триваться
(osmátrivatʹsja)
— to inspect a building or area
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Russian:
осмотре́ться
(osmotrétʹsja)
— to inspect a building or area
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Russian:
огля́дываться
(ogljádyvatʹsja)
— to inspect a building or area
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Russian:
огляде́ться
(ogljadétʹsja)
— to inspect a building or area
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Russian:
огляну́ться
(ogljanútʹsja)
— to inspect a building or area
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Russian:
озира́ться
(ozirátʹsja)
— to inspect a building or area
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Ukrainian:
озира́тися
(ozyrátysja)
— to inspect a building or area
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Ukrainian:
озирну́тися
(ozyrnútysja)
— to inspect a building or area
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Ukrainian:
огляда́тися
(ohljadátysja)
— to inspect a building or area
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Ukrainian:
огля́нутися
(ohljánutysja)
— to inspect a building or area
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Finnish:
etsiä
— to search a place
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Finnish:
koettaa löytää
— to search a place
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Finnish:
hakea
— to search a place
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Polish:
przeglądać
— to search a place
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Polish:
przejrzeć
— to search a place
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Finnish:
katsoa ympärilleen
— to make oneself aware
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Polish:
orientować się
— to make oneself aware
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Polish:
zorientować się
— to make oneself aware