look upon en · VERB
Meanings
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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:
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To gaze at something; to look on.
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Synonyms
consider · regard as · see · esteem · look upon · account · hold · dub · appraise · deem · censure · interpret · find · judge · view as · think of · count · respect