verb
Meaning 1
To observe or watch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
look at
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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verb
Meaning 2
To study visually.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To consider.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I looked at the possibility of buying a new car, but my current one still runs great and it's paid off.
- The rest of the topic we’ll look at next week.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To face; to be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- He is looking at jail time.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Take the case of China
- Consider the following case
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: consider, take, deal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: think about
Narrower terms: contemplate, dally, trifle, play, abstract, warm to
verb
Meaning 6
look at carefully; study mentally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- view a problem
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: view, consider
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
Narrower terms: contemplate, groak
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: نَظَرَ (naẓara) — observe or watch
- Bulgarian: гледам (gledam) — observe or watch
- Chinese Mandarin: 觀察 /观察 (guānchá) — observe or watch
- Chinese Mandarin: 看 (kàn) — observe or watch
- Egyptian: mA:D4-A-A (mꜣꜣ) — observe or watch
- Esperanto: rigardi — observe or watch
- Finnish: katsoa — observe or watch
- Finnish: valvoa — observe or watch
- French: regarder — observe or watch
- German: schauen — observe or watch
- Ancient Greek: ὁράω (horáō) — observe or watch
- Mbya Guarani: ma'ẽ — observe or watch
- Hindi: हेरना (hernā) — observe or watch
- Hungarian: néz — observe or watch
- Istriot: vardà — observe or watch
- Italian: guardare — observe or watch
- Latin: spectō — observe or watch
- Latin: speciō — observe or watch
- Latin: conspiciō — observe or watch
- Ligurian: amiâ — observe or watch
- Māori: titiro ki — observe or watch
- Mongolian: харах (xarax) — observe or watch
- Pela: ɣu35 — observe or watch
- Persian: دیدن (didan) — observe or watch
- Piedmontese: vardé — observe or watch
- Polabian: an-zarĕ — observe or watch
- Polish: spoglądać — observe or watch
- Polish: spojrzeć — observe or watch
- Portuguese: observar — observe or watch
- Portuguese: ver — observe or watch
- Romansh: guardar — observe or watch
- Romansh: mirar — observe or watch
- Romansh: vurdar — observe or watch
- Lower Sorbian: woglědaś — observe or watch
- Spanish: mirar — observe or watch
- Spanish: funar — observe or watch
- Swedish: titta på — observe or watch
- Swedish: se på — observe or watch
- Tocharian B: läk- — observe or watch
- Turkish: bakmak — observe or watch
- Ottoman Turkish: باقماق (bakmak) — observe or watch
- Venetan: vardar — observe or watch
- Bulgarian: наблюдавам (nabljudavam) — study visually
- Chinese Mandarin: 看 (kàn) — study visually
- Esperanto: observi — study visually
- Finnish: katsella — study visually
- Finnish: tutkailla — study visually
- French: regarder — study visually
- Ancient Greek: σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) — study visually
- Polish: rzucić okiem — study visually
- Polish: spoglądać — study visually
- Polish: spojrzeć — study visually
- Portuguese: ver — study visually
- Bulgarian: считам (sčitam) — consider
- Chinese Mandarin: 考慮 /考虑 (kǎolǜ) — consider
- Esperanto: rigardi — consider
- Esperanto: konsideri — consider
- Finnish: harkita — consider
- French: fixer — consider
- French: regarder — consider
- Polish: spoglądać — consider
- Polish: spojrzeć — consider
- Portuguese: ver — consider
- Swedish: se över — consider
- Chinese Mandarin: 面臨 /面临 (miànlín) — face
- Finnish: odottaa — face
- Russian: свети́ть (svetítʹ) — face