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Meaning of Gaze | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

ɡeɪz

Definitions

A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
The object gazed on.
archaic
In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed.

Equivalents

العربية النظرة بصر نظر

Bosanski nazar

Català fitar

Čeština hled

Deutsch anstarren starren

Ελληνικά βλέμμα

Esperanto rigardi rigardo

Español mirar fijamente observar

فارسی نگاه

Suomi katsanto katse tuijottaa tuijotus

Français fixer gaze gaze

Gàidhlig dian-amhairc dian-amharc spleuchd

Galego catar guipar mirada mirar ollar

עברית הביט מבט שָׁזַף עַיִן

हिन्दी ताक

Hrvatski nazar

Magyar bámul tekintet

Italiano fissare guardare occhiata puntare gli occhi volgere lo sguardo

日本語めつき目線盼眺眽視線

ქართული მზერა ცქერა

한국어 盼 눈길 눈초리

Kurdî fitar goz nazar

Latina consideratio cōnspiciō obtutus tueor

Te Reo Māori taumata

Nederlands staren turen

Português contemplar gaze

Română holba privi privire

Русский вглядываться в при́стальный взгля́д разглядывать

Српски nazar

Svenska blick

Tagalog titig

Türkçe göz nazar

Українська узір

Tiếng Việt ánh nhìn

Examples

“Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ⟳; he could not tell ⟳ what this prisoner might do.”

“Those howers that with gentle worke did frame / The louely gaze where euery eye doth dwell.”

“Made of my Enemies the ſcorn and gaze;”

“She counters the tendency to focus ⟳ on critical strategies of resisting the male gaze, raising the issue ⟳ of the female spectator.”

CEFR level

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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