Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

look round

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.06 in modern English

Syllables: look round
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To inspect a building or area.

verb

To search a place.

verb

To turn one's head to see what is behind oneself.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"We're interested in buying this house, can we look round tomorrow?"
"He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own."
"I can't find my keys, so I'll look round."
"He heard a voice and looked round to see a man wearing dark clothes."

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

looks round (present, singular) looking round (participle, present) looked round (participle, past) looked round (past) look around (alternative)

Questions

What does look round mean?: To inspect a building or area.

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