Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

look on

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.78 in modern English

Syllables: look on
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To watch; to observe without participating.

verb

To think of something in a particular way.

Example Sentences

"My performance seems somehow always to get worse when there are other people looking on."
"I look on him not as a boss, but as a friend."
"We don't look kindly on people like you."
"I look poorly on any suggestion of overspending."

Inflected Forms

looks on (present, singular) looking on (participle, present) looked on (participle, past) looked on (past)

Phrases

look on as

Frequently Paired Words

look on as onlooker

Synonyms

think of repute know as be known as regard as look upon esteem take to be

Questions

What does look on mean?: To watch; to observe without participating.

How to pronounce look on

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