What does look after mean?
Definitions for look after
look af·ter
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word look after.
Princeton's WordNet
look afterverb
keep under careful scrutiny
"Keep an eye on this prisoner!"
Wiktionary
look afterverb
To watch or protect; to keep safe.
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look after
Look after generally means to take care of, supervise, or attend to someone or something, ensuring their safety, wellbeing, or suitable functioning. This term can apply in various contexts such as child care, pet care, healthcare, property management, etc.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of look after in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of look after in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of look after in a Sentence
There is nothing better in any operation than to be able to go to the parents and say,' we've been able to look after your child', i feel confident that they will be able to recover from this and go forward.
I believe that you can not reject people who arrive. You have to receive them, help them, look after them, accompany them and then see where to put them, but throughout all of Europe, some governments are working on it, and people have to be settled in the best possible way, but creating psychosis is not the cure.
If we don't come to look after them, to feed them, give them water and make sure they are OK, nobody else is going to do it.
In general, athletes are realizing that they have the power, or can have the power, the athletes used to be told,' that's your sandbox, you go and play in it, we'll look after the governance of sport.
I'm probably more into helicopter parents than I would have imagined, and it also makes me think that I'll never regret checking on my children or spending that extra time to look after them or watch them. I'll never regret it. I might regret not spending time with them or not looking after them for that moment. So, I think it's probably made me a more conscious parent.
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- اهتم, اعتنىArabic
- kig efterDanish
- pflegen, kümmernGerman
- flegiEsperanto
- cuidar deSpanish
- توجه داشتن بهPersian
- veiller, garder, soigner, occuperFrench
- 面倒を見る, 世話をするJapanese
- چاو لێبوون, ئاگالێبوونKurdish
- verzorgen, behartigen, naar omkijkenDutch
- se etterNorwegian
- opiekować sięPolish
- cuidar dePortuguese
- partgirar, perchürer, pertgirarRomansh
- присматривать, присмотреть, приглядеть, приглядывать, следить, ухаживать, заботитьсяRussian
- passaSwedish
- తర్వాత చూడండిTelugu
- göz kulak olmak, bakmakTurkish
- доглядатиUkrainian
- קוק נאךYiddish
- 照顧Chinese
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