to look at
∞
1.0
- phrasal verb
- /lʊk æt/
:
examinar
- Before making a decision, it is essential to look at all the details carefully.
- look at ways
- look at the big picture
- look at different ways
So systems thinking is about looking at things as holes.
- So systems thinking is about looking at things as holes.
- They had let me look at some famous Saints.
- And you could run a search and look at this online.
- Why don't more physicists look at it there?
- All this you can see when you look at politics and
- I also have a policy that we don't look at incomplete scripts.
- And now on reflection, when I look at that, it's the people.
- It's it's something that we have to look at in the right way.
- So it's just a way in which if you look at normal standard.
Examples
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The students walk in groups of two or three, talking and looking at this new campus landscape.
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I use hand signals to make sure students are looking at me while giving out instructions.
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And you could run a search and look at this online.
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I take it out and look at it, every day.
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So let's look at a simple example of this.
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Nor do they have an open, easily accessible way to look at potential solutions to common development projects.
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As an example, let's turn a page back and look at the poem England.
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Thanks for sharing, Tyler, we'll look at that later.
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To document this current migration, we need to look at artifacts from our own time.
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It's a simple system; they have a login and can look at which care support workers are available.
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Synonyms
∞
1.0
To look at something carefully for some time
∞
1.0
To give attention to something in your mind
∞
1.1
To think carefully before making a decision
∞
1.3
To look at something to check it or find information
∞
2.8
To look carefully at something to find facts
∞
2.5
To look at or test something to learn more about it
∞
1.0
To look at something carefully to understand it
868
2.5
To look at something carefully to find facts or problems
675
3.2
To study something carefully to understand it better
642
2.5
To check something carefully, like papers or work
619
2.4
To watch something carefully to learn about it
573
2.8
Examine something carefully to find out more
471
2.3
To study something carefully to learn more about it
412
1.3
To check something carefully, for example an essay or a machine
390
2.7
To look at something carefully to find mistakes or missing details
357
1.0
To look at something carefully
265
3.9
To think carefully about something before making a decision
202
2.5
To look at something carefully to check if it works or is safe
180
2.8
To read or check something carefully for mistakes
105
3.2
To look at all the details and what may happen before you decide
70
6.2
To look at something very carefully to check for mistakes
48
3.7
To look carefully at something to learn about it
43
4.4
To think about something very carefully before deciding
32
7.0
To read something slowly and carefully to understand it
28
5.5
To study things like books or papers carefully to find information
19
4.0
To think carefully about something before deciding
18
5.4
To look carefully at a place or person to get information before you act
8
3.0
To look at something carefully before deciding
4
3.2
To look at something carefully and check all its parts
3
8.5
To think carefully and deeply about something
1
4.1
To think carefully about something for a long time
Antonyms
How Careful
Surface Forms
Morphology
look + at
The meaning 'to examine or consider' is directly derivable from combining 'look' (to direct one's eyes) with the preposition 'at' (indicating target/direction); together they signal directing attention toward something. This verb + preposition composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be predictable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Look at comes from the clear image of moving your eyes toward something; you look and aim your gaze at an object to see it closely. So, it now means 'to examine or consider'.