look on

look on

vb (intr)

1. (adverb) to be a spectator at an event or incident

2. (preposition) Also look upon to consider or regard she looked on the whole affair as a joke he looks on his mother-in-law with disapproval

looker-on  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	look on - observe with attention; "They watched as the murderer was executed" watch sit by, sit back - be inactive or indifferent while something is happening; "Don't just sit by while your rights are violated!"
	2.	look on - look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" look upon, regard as, repute, take to be, esteem, think of think, believe, conceive, consider - judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior"

Translations

? look on

vi

(= watch) → zusehen, zugucken (inf)

to look onto (window) → (hinaus)gehen auf (+acc); (building) → liegen an (+dat)

+prep obj (also look upon) → betrachten, ansehen; to look on somebody as a friend → jdn als Freund betrachten; I look on him as a good doctor → ich halte ihn für einen guten Arzt; to look on somebody with respect → Achtung or Respekt vor jdm haben; employers look favourably (Brit) or favorably (US) on people with experience → Arbeitgeber bevorzugen Leute mit Erfahrung