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look around en · VERB

Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To inspect a building or area.
   • We're interested in buying this house. Can we look around tomorrow?
2. (idiomatic) To search a place.
   • I can't find my keys, so I'll look around.
3. (intransitive) 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.
4. (idiomatic) 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 certain point, adhering to tradition becomes a failure to adapt. It traps people in the same deepening grooves of history their parents died in. 2017 July 16, Brandon Nowalk, “Chickens and dragons come home to roost on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, around.

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lookaround

Translations (44)

ko 둘러보다 (to inspect a building or area) · ru огляде́ться (to inspect a building or area) · pl przeglądać (to search a place) · uk озирну́тися (to inspect a building or area) · hu körültekint (to inspect a building or area) · hu keres (to search a place) · ru осма́триваться (to inspect a building or area) · pl orientować się (to make oneself aware) · hu nézelődik (to inspect a building or area) · hu körülnéz (to search a place) · ja 見回す (to inspect a building or area) · fi tarkastella (to inspect a building or area) · de umherblicken (to inspect a building or area) · fr regarder autour de soi (to inspect a building or area) · de sich umschauen (to inspect a building or area) · hu bámészkodik (to inspect a building or area) · pl przejrzeć (to search a place) · cmn 環顧 /环顾 (to inspect a building or area) · hu szétnéz (to inspect a building or area) · grc περισκοπέω (to inspect a building or area) · ru огляну́ться (to inspect a building or area) · hu körbenéz (to inspect a building or area) · az baxınmaq (to inspect a building or area) · hu körbenéz (to search a place) · pl rozejrzeć się (to inspect a building or area) · fi tutkia (to inspect a building or area) · fi etsiä (to search a place) · ru осмотре́ться (to inspect a building or area) · uk огляда́тися (to inspect a building or area) · ru озира́ться (to inspect a building or area) · ru огля́дываться (to inspect a building or area) · hu körülnéz (to inspect a building or area) · ar تَلَفَّتَ (to inspect a building or area) · fi kierrellä (to inspect a building or area) · fi hakea (to search a place) · fi koettaa löytää (to search a place) · fi katsoa ympärilleen (to make oneself aware) · hu körbetekint (to inspect a building or area) · uk озира́тися (to inspect a building or area) · pl rozglądać się (to inspect a building or area) · uk огля́нутися (to inspect a building or area) · bg оглеждам се (to inspect a building or area) · pl zorientować się (to make oneself aware) · de sich umsehen (to inspect a building or area)