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take a look

verb · 2 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

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To examine or observe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, intransitive

Examples

  • Can you take a look at the engine to see what's wrong?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: have a look, take a gander

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

look at with attention

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Have a look at this!
  • Get a load of this pretty woman!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: have a look, get a load

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: look

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَلْقَى نَظْرَةً عَلَى (ʔalqā naẓratan ʕalā) — to examine or observe
  • Bulgarian: поглеждам (pogleždam) — to examine or observe
  • Catalan: donar un cop d'ull — to examine or observe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 看 (kàn) — to examine or observe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 看看 (kànkàn) — to examine or observe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瞜 /䁖 (lōu) — to examine or observe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瞜瞜 /䁖䁖 (lōulōu) — to examine or observe
  • Finnish: katsoa — to examine or observe
  • Finnish: vilkaista — to examine or observe
  • French: jeter un œil — to examine or observe
  • French: jeter un coup d'œil — to examine or observe
  • German: angucken — to examine or observe
  • German: einen Blick werfen — to examine or observe
  • Hungarian: megnéz — to examine or observe
  • Italian: dare un'occhiata — to examine or observe
  • Italian: esaminare — to examine or observe
  • Central Kurdish: چاوێک دان (çawêk dan) — to examine or observe
  • Northern Kurdish: çehv'ek dan — to examine or observe
  • Polish: rzucać okiem — to examine or observe
  • Polish: rzucić okiem — to examine or observe
  • Portuguese: dar uma olhada — to examine or observe
  • Portuguese: dar uma vista de olhos — to examine or observe
  • Romanian: arunca o privire — to examine or observe
  • Russian: посмотре́ть (posmotrétʹ) — to examine or observe
  • Russian: взгляну́ть (vzgljanútʹ) — to examine or observe
  • Sicilian: dari n'ucchiata — to examine or observe
  • Lower Sorbian: woglědaś se — to examine or observe
  • Spanish: echar un vistazo — to examine or observe
  • Spanish: echar una mirada — to examine or observe
  • Spanish: echar una ojeada — to examine or observe
  • Swedish: ta en titt — to examine or observe
  • Turkish: göz atmak — to examine or observe
  • Welsh: cymryd golwg — to examine or observe