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Looking

Noun CEFR A1 Common
ˈlʊkɪŋ

Definitions

  1. The act of one who looks; a glance.
  2. To take care of: looked after his younger brother.
  3. To inquire into; investigate: The police looked into the disturbance.
  4. To regard in a certain way: looked on them as incompetents.
  5. To be watchful or careful; take care: If you don't look out, you may fall on the ice. We looked out for each other on the trip.
  6. To examine or inspect, often in hasty fashion: looked over the proposal before the meeting.
  7. To be critical or suspicious of something one has received without expense.
  8. To act or respond quickly: Look alive! We leave in five minutes.
  9. To regard with contempt or condescension.
  10. To think of (a future event) with pleasurable, eager anticipation: looking forward to graduation.
  11. To visit: I look in on my grandparents each weekend.

Equivalents

日本語ご覧見面
العربيةالنظر
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Examples

“A complicated interplay of lookings and viewings is in play⟳. The staging and performance of the photograph, then, is as much the subject of the photograph as the ostensible subjects […]”

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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