Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

look alive

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English

Syllables
look alive
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To get busy; start acting or moving.

intj

Heads up! (Look out!)

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

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

Synonyms

look lively avast [⇒ thesaurus]! beware! blackfriars! cave! cheese it! heads up! hey up! hist! look alive! look lively! look out!

Questions

What does look alive mean?
To get busy; start acting or moving.

How to pronounce look alive

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “look alive”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “look alive”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “look alive” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.