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LOOK AT

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes

Example:

Consider the following case

Synonyms:

consider; deal; look at; take

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "look at" is one way to...):

think about (have on one's mind, think about actively)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "look at"):

contemplate (consider as a possibility)

dally; play; trifle (consider not very seriously)

abstract (consider apart from a particular case or instance)

warm to (become excited about)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Look at carefully; study mentally

Example:

view a problem

Synonyms:

consider; look at; view

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "look at" is one way to...):

analyse; analyze; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "look at"):

contemplate (look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought)

groak (look or stare at longingly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

"I think that when we have those kinds of options to look at, we should look at them without having to spend decades trying to figure out exactly how they work."

(Vitamin C Might Shorten Tuberculosis Treatment Time, Study Indicates, VOA/Steve Baragona)

I found traces of the fellow's camp. Now look at this.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"These scientists have given us a look at how tree traits in different climates have different effects on weather."

(How trees affect the weather, National Science Foundation)

He did not look at him, and though his eyes passed over him, he did not see him; and as in a dream he passed out of the room to dress.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I think we shall have another look at it in an unobtrusive way.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Oh, but he had only picked it up to look at it.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Look at this—a sheet from a note-book, with ‘For God’s sake come at once—P.T.,’ scrawled upon it in pencil.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You cannot pick it up in your two hands and look at it.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

All turned to look at him.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

There, look at that speech, and that, and that.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)