Definition of Look on

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watch; observe
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look on
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1. observe with attention; "they watched as the murderer was executed" [syn: watch]


2. look on as or consider: "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "he thinks of himself as a brilliant musician" [syn: think of, repute, regard as, look upon, esteem, take to be]



ENGLISH IDIOMS 2.EDITION
be a spectator There were over a hundred people who gathered to look on after the accident.
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Verb
1. observe with attention; "They watched as the murderer was executed"
(synonym) watch
(hyponym) sit by, sit back
(entail) see
2. look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"
(synonym) think of, repute, regard as, look upon, esteem, take to be
(hypernym) think, believe, consider, conceive