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LOOKING AT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
Example:
his camera does his looking for him
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("looking at" is a kind of...):
perception; sensing (becoming aware of something via the senses)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "looking at"):
coup d'oeil; glance; glimpse (a quick look)
scrutiny (a prolonged intense look)
squint (the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed)
stare (a fixed look with eyes open wide)
evil eye (a look that is believed to have the power of inflicting harm)
rubber-necking; sightseeing (going about to look at places of interest)
observance; observation; watching (the act of observing; taking a patient look)
lookout; outlook (the act of looking out)
sight; survey; view (the act of looking or seeing or observing)
dekko (British slang for a look)
Context examples:
She was looking at him in an earnest and troubled way.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He just stood looking at her so wistfully, so tenderly, that she found her heart relenting in spite of herself.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
What are you looking at now?
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The end result is that there’s no way to know whether the products you’re looking at contain high flavanol levels.
(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Too many hours looking at smartphones and tablets 'slows down toddlers' language and reading development because it changes the structure of their brains.
(Too Much Screen Time Changes Structure of Toddlers' Brains, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
"Really, sir—!" said I, looking at the lady.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
In the past decade however, researchers have started looking at FePS3 with fresh eyes.
(‘Magnetic graphene’ switches between insulator and conductor, University of Cambridge)
At some point we were looking at increasingly less-plausible mechanisms, like if tectonic plates were rubbing against each other, could you get a plasma spark that generated phosphine?
(Poisonous Earthly Molecule May Be Sign of Extraterrestrial Life, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
By looking at the expression of genes known to be turned on during viral infection, they observed that one chemical, camptothecin (CPT), reduced virus-induced gene activation.
(Drug might help treat sepsis, NIH)
Gene expression may be measured by looking at the RNA, or the protein made from the RNA, or what the protein does in a cell.
(Gene expression, NCI Dictionary)
