look on

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

look on (third-person singular simple present looks on, present participle looking on, simple past and past participle looked on)

1. (idiomatic) To watch; to observe without participating.

   My performance seems somehow always to get worse when there are other people looking on.

2. (idiomatic) To think of something in a particular way.

   I look on him not as a boss, but as a friend.

   We don't look kindly on people like you.

Related terms

• look on as
• onlooker

Translations

to watch; to observe

• Czech: přihlížet impf (plus dative)
• Esperanto: alrigardi
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• German: zuschauen (de)
• Italian: stare a guardare
• Swedish: titta på (sv)

to think of something in a particular way

• German: betrachten (de), ansehen (de)
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• Italian: reputare (it)

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