What does Looking mean?
Definitions for Looking
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Princeton's WordNet
look, looking, looking atnoun
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
"he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him"
looking, looking foradjective
the act of searching visually
looking, soundingadjective
appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
"left their clothes dirty looking"; "a most disagreeable looking character"; "angry-looking"; "liquid-looking"; "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"; "fine-sounding phrases"; "taken in by high-sounding talk"
Wikipedia
Looking
Looking is the act of intentionally focusing visual perception on someone or something, for the purpose of obtaining information, and possibly to convey interest or another sentiment. A large number of troponyms exist to describe variations of looking at things, with prominent examples including the verbs "stare, gaze, gape, gawp, gawk, goggle, glare, glimpse, glance, peek, peep, peer, squint, leer, gloat, and ogle". Additional terms with nuanced meanings include viewing, watching, eyeing, observing, beholding, and scanning. Looking is both a physical act of directing the focus of the eyes, and a psychological act of interpreting what is seen and choosing whether to continue looking at it, or to look elsewhere. Where more than one person is involved, looking may lead to eye contact between those doing the looking, which raises further implications for the relationship established through that act.
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looking
Looking refers to the action or process of directing one's gaze or eyes towards something, with the intention of perceiving or observing it. It involves focusing one's attention visually and may involve scanning or searching for something specific or simply observing one's surroundings. Looking can be done in various contexts, such as searching for an object, observing a person or scene, or paying attention to details and characteristics.
Webster Dictionary
Looking
of Look
Lookingadjective
having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; as, good-looking, grand-looking, etc
Lookingnoun
the act of one who looks; a glance
Lookingnoun
the manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance; face
Editors Contribution
lookingverb
Verb form of the word look.
Looking at the gentleman on the street the respect shared is such a joy to see for us all and our common humanity.
Submitted by MaryC on August 13, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Looking' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #377
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Rank popularity for the word 'Looking' in Written Corpus Frequency: #258
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Looking in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Looking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of Looking in a Sentence
What United States needs to be looking for right now are genuine steps from North Korea that indicate a willingness to move the process forward. If North Korea is genuinely willing to close down Yongbyon and to allow in inspectors... those are just partial steps, but those are genuine steps forward, the biggest outstanding question still remains -- what price North Korea want to extract from the United States.
Looking into potential problems with the election is important, but we need to leave that( to) the lawyers, the grassroots activists need to focus on the runoff.
When you are unable to run away or find a hiding place, you need to find a way to act and to fight back, when we were most afraid he was going to kill us, I saw a moment I had been looking for all day long.
I do think United States is very serious about wanting to make North Korea a more normal country, looking more like North Korea neighbors, more like a successful Asian economy.
In fact, we knew 30 % of people with IBD would develop these, however, it wasn't until recently that we started looking at more neurocognitive changes and neurocognitive decline.
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