noun
Meaning 1
Alternative form of look-back.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
look back
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
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, back.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To think of (past events) in retrospect (in hindsight).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: recollect, recall, remember
- When I look back at my summer holidays as a child, I smile.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: think back, hark back, review, reminisce, recollect, recall, remember
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To reconsider or regret.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- You do what you have to do, and don't look back.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she reviewed her achievements with pride
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: review, retrospect
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: remember, think back
verb
Meaning 6
look towards one's back
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- don't look back while you walk
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: look backward
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: look
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: اِلْتَفَتَ (iltafata) — look behind oneself
- Arabic: اِسْتَدَارَ (istadāra) — look behind oneself
- Bulgarian: поглеждам назад (pogleždam nazad) — look behind oneself
- Chinese Mandarin: 回頭看 /回头看 (huítóu kàn) — look behind oneself
- Danish: se tilbage — look behind oneself
- Danish: kigge tilbage — look behind oneself
- Dutch: achterom kijken — look behind oneself
- Esperanto: retrorigardi — look behind oneself
- Finnish: katsoa taakseen — look behind oneself
- French: regarder derrière soi — look behind oneself
- German: zurückschauen — look behind oneself
- German: zurückblicken — look behind oneself
- German: nach hinten blicken — look behind oneself
- German: nach hinten schauen — look behind oneself
- German: umdrehen — look behind oneself
- Hungarian: visszanéz — look behind oneself
- Hungarian: hátranéz — look behind oneself
- Icelandic: líta aftur — look behind oneself
- Icelandic: líta við — look behind oneself
- Japanese: 振り返る (furikaeru) — look behind oneself
- Korean: 돌아보다 (doraboda) — look behind oneself
- Latin: respicio — look behind oneself
- Latin: respecto — look behind oneself
- Polish: oglądać się za siebie — look behind oneself
- Polish: obejrzeć się za siebie — look behind oneself
- Russian: огля́дываться (ogljádyvatʹsja) — look behind oneself
- Russian: огляну́ться (ogljanútʹsja) — look behind oneself
- Spanish: ver hacia atrás — look behind oneself
- Spanish: mirar hacia atrás — look behind oneself
- Spanish: volver la cabeza — look behind oneself
- Spanish: volverse hacia atrás — look behind oneself
- Sundanese: soréang — look behind oneself
- Tagalog: lingon — look behind oneself
- Bulgarian: спомням си (spomnjam si) — reminisce about the past
- Chinese Mandarin: 回顧 /回顾 (huígù) — reminisce about the past
- Danish: se tilbage på — reminisce about the past
- Dutch: achterom kijken — reminisce about the past
- Dutch: terugkijken — reminisce about the past
- Dutch: omzien — reminisce about the past
- Finnish: muistella — reminisce about the past
- French: se remémorer — reminisce about the past
- German: zurückschauen — reminisce about the past
- German: zurückblicken — reminisce about the past
- Hungarian: visszanéz — reminisce about the past
- Hungarian: visszatekint — reminisce about the past
- Icelandic: líta aftur — reminisce about the past
- Icelandic: líta um öxl — reminisce about the past
- Latin: reminīscor — reminisce about the past
- Polish: wspominać — reminisce about the past
- Polish: wspomnieć — reminisce about the past
- Russian: огля́дываться (ogljádyvatʹsja) — reminisce about the past
- Russian: огляну́ться (ogljanútʹsja) — reminisce about the past
- Spanish: recordar — reminisce about the past
- Spanish: volver la cabeza — reminisce about the past
- Spanish: acordarse — reminisce about the past