Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

look through

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.54 in modern English

Syllables: look through
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, through.

verb

To take a view of the contents of; search in, either with the eyes or by hand.

verb

To penetrate with the understanding; to see through.

Archaic; Transitive verb

verb

To appear or pretend not to see something or someone who is clearly visible.

Example Sentences

"He looked through the binoculars at the bird."
"I looked through the magazine, but it didn't seem very interesting."
"Airport security looked through her purse and confiscated her nail scissors."
"I got a small ring to make; when I brought back the finished trinket to him he stared at me with his sparkling eyes, as if he would look through my very soul, and then said: 'Thou art a clever expert fellow […]"
"But a man should have serious consideration enough to look through this deception."
"The village women were bad enough, but this man looked through me, past all the walls I had built to protect myself from pain. I do not think I could have hidden anything from him, even with a lifetime's practice of hiding what I felt."

Usage

Inflected Forms

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

Phrases

go through read through

Frequently Paired Words

go through read through through

Questions

What does look through mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, through.

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