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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
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Verb1.look on - observe with attention; "They watched as the murderer was executed"
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"
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 friendjdn als Freund betrachten; I look on him as a good doctorich halte ihn für einen guten Arzt; to look on somebody with respectAchtung or Respekt vor jdm haben; employers look favourably (Brit) or favorably (US) on people with experienceArbeitgeber bevorzugen Leute mit Erfahrung


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