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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

look upon en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To consider or regard something in a specific manner.
    • Some people look upon lexicography as their life's work.
    • I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
  2. To gaze at something; to look on.
    • Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
looking upon Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
looks upon Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
looked upon Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
looked upon Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

look down upon

Synonyms

consider · regard as · see · esteem · look upon · account · hold · dub · appraise · deem · censure · interpret · find · judge · view as · think of · count · respect