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To be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- While you're in the city center, look out for the dodgy street vendors.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: take care, watch out
Antonyms: none provided
To find by looking: to hunt out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To be facing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- A spacious room that looks out on the sea.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Ellipsis of look out for (someone)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, intransitive
Examples
- Hey man, I know it costs four dollars but I only have three. Can you please look out?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
to protect someone's interests
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- A man's gotta look out for his family
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: protect
be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Watch out for pickpockets!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: watch, watch out
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: beware, mind, keep one's eyes peeled, keep one's eyes skinned, keep one's eyes open, look after
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
أَطَلَّ
(ʔaṭalla)
— to look from within to the outside
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Arabic:
طلّ
(ṭall)
— to look from within to the outside
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Esperanto:
elrigardi
— to look from within to the outside
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Finnish:
katsoa ulos
— to look from within to the outside
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Gallurese:
affaccassi
— to look from within to the outside
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German:
hinausschauen
— to look from within to the outside
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Hungarian:
kinéz
— to look from within to the outside
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Italian:
affacciarsi
— to look from within to the outside
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Italian:
guardare fuori
— to look from within to the outside
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Latin:
video
— to look from within to the outside
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Malayalam:
നോക്കുക
(nōkkuka)
— to look from within to the outside
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Norwegian:
pass opp
— to look from within to the outside
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Polish:
wyglądać
— to look from within to the outside
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Polish:
wyjrzeć
— to look from within to the outside
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Russian:
выгля́дывать
(vygljádyvatʹ)
— to look from within to the outside
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Russian:
вы́глянуть
(výgljanutʹ)
— to look from within to the outside
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Campidanese Sardinian:
affacciài
— to look from within to the outside
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Sardinian:
accarare
— to look from within to the outside
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Sassarese:
acciarassi
— to look from within to the outside
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Swedish:
titta ut
— to look from within to the outside
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Ukrainian:
вигляда́ти
(vyhljadáty)
— to look from within to the outside
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Ukrainian:
ви́глянути
(výhljanuty)
— to look from within to the outside
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Walloon:
båker
— to look from within to the outside
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Arabic:
حا َسـِب
— to be vigilant and aware
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Bulgarian:
внимавам
(vnimavam)
— to be vigilant and aware
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Chinese Mandarin:
当心
(dāngxīn)
— to be vigilant and aware
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Chinese Mandarin:
小心
(xiǎoxīn)
— to be vigilant and aware
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Chinese Mandarin:
注意
(zhùyì)
— to be vigilant and aware
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Finnish:
varoa
— to be vigilant and aware
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Finnish:
olla varuillaan
— to be vigilant and aware
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French:
prendre garde
— to be vigilant and aware
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German:
aufpassen
— to be vigilant and aware
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Hungarian:
vigyáz
— to be vigilant and aware
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Hungarian:
óvatos
— to be vigilant and aware
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Italian:
fare attenzione
— to be vigilant and aware
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Italian:
stare attento
— to be vigilant and aware
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Italian:
badare
— to be vigilant and aware
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Latvian:
uzmanies
— to be vigilant and aware
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Lithuanian:
dėmesio
— to be vigilant and aware
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Malayalam:
സൂക്ഷിക്കുക
(sūkṣikkuka)
— to be vigilant and aware
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Persian:
مواظب بودن
(movâzeb budan)
— to be vigilant and aware
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Polish:
uważać
— to be vigilant and aware
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Romanian:
fi atent
— to be vigilant and aware
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Russian:
быть настороже́
(bytʹ nastorožé)
— to be vigilant and aware
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Russian:
быть осторо́жным
(bytʹ ostoróžnym)
— to be vigilant and aware
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Swedish:
se upp
— to be vigilant and aware
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Vietnamese:
cảnh giác
— to be vigilant and aware
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Vietnamese:
để ý
— to be vigilant and aware
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Bulgarian:
гледам към
(gledam kǎm)
— to be facing
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Italian:
affacciarsi
— to be facing
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Italian:
essere rivolto
— to be facing
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Italian:
dare su
— to be facing
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Spanish:
mirar a
— to be facing
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Spanish:
dar a
— to be facing
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Bulgarian:
намирам
(namiram)
— to find by looking
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Italian:
cercare
— to find by looking
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Italian:
cercare con lo sguardo
— to find by looking