Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

look past

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.23 in modern English

Syllables
look -past
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To see potential beyond obvious flaws; to consider something more than something else.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

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

Synonyms

look beyond see past

Questions

What does look past mean?
To see potential beyond obvious flaws; to consider something more than something else.

How to pronounce look past

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