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Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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"

  2. looking, looking foradjective

    the act of searching visually

  3. 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

  1. 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.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. Looking

    of Look

  2. Lookingadjective

    having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; as, good-looking, grand-looking, etc

  3. Lookingnoun

    the act of one who looks; a glance

  4. Lookingnoun

    the manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance; face

Editors Contribution

  1. 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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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'looking' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #377

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'looking' in Written Corpus Frequency: #258

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of looking in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of looking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of looking in a Sentence

  1. Tim Piechowski:

    We're very much looking forward to the execution of what they've announced.

  2. Robert Jones:

    David Valadao has one vote in the distant past to point to and every other time David Valadao had a chance( to suspend the gas tax) David Valadao did not have the courage to do it on the floor in Sacramento, the reason voters have supported David( David Valadao) throughout the years -- and what they're looking for in a representative -- is somebody who's willing to stand up to their party and take the tough voters. Rudy Salas has no history of that. When tough votes come around, Rudy sticks Rudy Salas finger in the air and changes Rudy Salas vote in the dead of night. That's not leadership.

  3. Dawn Hecox:

    He has really fresh ideas, this election I am looking at who can beat Trump.

  4. Chief Financial Officer Anders Boyer:

    In general, the stronger dollar is positive for GN Store Nord and especially for ReSound. Looking into 2016, we expect a three-digit million contribution to the bottom line( in Danish crowns), netcom however, has more expenses in dollars than income, and therefore reacts negatively on the strengthened currency.

  5. John Miller:

    On the looting, that's an intelligence failure, if a couple of hundred people knew to be in a certain place at a certain time for criminal activity and we didn't detect that, that's on me. We've gone back looking for' where was the Facebook page, where was the chatter in the places where we monitor gang's social media' and we still haven't seen it.

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