look around
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look around
verb looks around · looking around · looked around · look round
- To inspect a building or area. We're interested in buying this house. Can we look around tomorrow?
- To search a place. I can't find my keys, so I'll look around.
- To turn one's head to see what is behind oneself. He heard a voice and looked around to see a man wearing dark clothes.
- To take note of the situation; to make oneself aware. Sure enough, when Jon appeals to centuries-old tradition binding the families of the north together, it comes off as good-hearted but short-sighted. Look around, Jon. It’s a new day. Queens rule the continent. They might rule the North, too, if tradition hadn’t made room for a bastard king. At a cer
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, around.
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verb to inspect a building or area
| 한국어 | 둘러보다 dulleoboda |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 見回す mimawasu |
| 中文 | 環顧 /环顾 huángù |
| Français | regarder autour de soi |
| Deutsch | sich umsehen, sich umschauen, umherblicken |
| Русский | осма́триваться osmátrivatʹsja, осмотре́ться osmotrétʹsja, огля́дываться ogljádyvatʹsja, огляде́ться ogljadétʹsja, огляну́ться ogljanútʹsja, озира́ться ozirátʹsja |
| العربية | تَلَفَّتَ talaffata |
Talk about this word "look around." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/look%20around. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. look around. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/look%20around "look around." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/look%20around.
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@misc{look_around_2026,
title = {look around},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/look%20around},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
