Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

onlook

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: on-look
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of looking on (something); observation.

noun

That which is looked at, regarded, or considered.

noun

One's perspective or outlook.

verb

To look on or look at; watch; observe; view; regard.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"The object of the onlook is taken to be more than physical, more than just sense-experience, therefore it is meta-physical."
"This onlook is certainly foundational to Christianity. […] Religious belief is the conviction (or hope) that one's onlook conforms to an authoritative onlook, a divine onlook."
"So they two fought for so long a time that those who onlooked were astonished at the strength and the courage and the endurance of those two champions, […]"

Etymology

From on- + look. Compare Old English onlēċ (“onlook, consideration, regard”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: on

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

onlooks (plural) on-look (alternative) onlooks (present, singular) onlooking (participle, present) onlooked (participle, past) onlooked (past)

Questions

What does onlook mean?: The act of looking on (something); observation.
Where does onlook come from?: From on- + look. Compare Old English onlēċ (“onlook, consideration, regard”).

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