Definitions for Looking
Look·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. look, looking, looking at(noun)

   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 for(adj)

   the act of searching visually

3. looking, sounding(adj)

   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(5.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Looking

   of Look

2. Looking(adj)

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

3. Looking(noun)

   the act of one who looks; a glance

4. Looking(noun)

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

Editors Contribution(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. looking

   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  

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

How to pronounce Looking?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say Looking in sign language?

Numerology

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. Chasten Buttigieg:

   The rain location may be a blessing in disguise because there is such symbolic power in that building and you can see in it the past, the present and the future, i talk so much about how we're not looking to turn back the clock and it's not about retrieving some impossible again. That building is kind of a living symbol of all of that.

2. Seth Berkowitz:

   I think what we’re looking at in Massachusetts is where the rest of the country will be in a few years.

3. Ron Oliner:

   Before we put a deal in place with the city, morale was eroding and really terrible, long-time sworn officers were looking for jobs in other cities.

4. David Rodriguez:

   They (the police) were going around pretty much looking for anyone they could grab. ... They really weren't looking for violent guys.

5. Rick Drooyan:

   They're looking into whether she used her relationship to cause him to take actions that would benefit her private consulting clients.

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