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Definition: Look Upon |
Look UponVerb1. Look on as or consider: "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Look UponSynonyms: esteem (v), look on (v), regard as (v), repute (v), take to be (v), think of (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Belief | View as, consider as, take as, hold as, conceive as, regard as, esteem as, deem as, look upon as, account as, set down as; surmise. |
Judgment | Form an estimate, estimate, appreciate, value, count, assess, rate, rank, account; regard, consider, think of; look upon; (believe); review; size up. |
Superiority | Phrase: " I shall not look upon his like again "; deos fortioribus addesse. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Look Upon |
| English words defined with "look upon": believe ♦ conceive, consider ♦ think, To fasten one's eyes upon. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "look upon": Awake ♦ Black Tom ♦ Covering the Face ♦ Money ♦ Proboscis ♦ Shi-ites, Shoulder ♦ Ultramontane Party. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | All who look upon her fall under her spell and are never seen again. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) I just walked in here to find you with that sad look upon your face. (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon) Turn thee, Bevolio, and look upon thy death. (Romeo + Juliet; writing credit: Craig Pearce) My people, look upon my friend. (The 10th Kingdom; writing credit: Simon Moore) | |
Lyrics | If the sky that we look upon ("Stand By Me"; performing artist: Ben E. King) With that sad look upon your face (I Will Survive; performing artist: GLORIA GAYNOR) I will not look upon your face (Angels Would Fall; performing artist: Melissa Etheridge) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Author | Quotation |
Albert Einstein | Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves. |
Benjamin Franklin | I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning. |
Jane Austen | To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. |
Leonardo da Vinci | I have learned from an early age to abjure the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men. |
Nathaniel Hawthorne | A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual part. |
Oswald Chambers | We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us. |
Persius | Let them look upon virtue and pine because they have lost her. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | As to the pretence of trying her native air, I look upon that as a mere excuse. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Again it seemed to look upon him. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | A bodily disease, which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual part. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | When this sum was spent, the Thenardiers began to look upon the little girl as a child which they sheltered for charity, and treated her as such. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Travel | Honduras | The U.S. is Honduras' main trading partner, and Hondurans generally look upon American citizens as reliable and trustworthy business partners. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PROBOSCIS, n. The rudimentary organ of an elephant which serves him in place of the knife-and-fork that Evolution has as yet denied him. For purposes of humor it is popularly called a trunk. Asked how he knew that an elephant was going on a journey, the illustrious Jo. Miller cast a reproachful look upon his tormentor, and answered, absently: "When it is ajar," and threw himself from a high promontory into the sea. Thus perished in his pride the most famous humorist of antiquity, leaving to mankind a heritage of woe! No successor worthy of the title has appeared, though Mr. Edward bok, of The Ladies' Home Journal, is much respected for the purity and sweetness of his personal character. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | I admit the force of this observation, but I do not look upon it to be conclusive. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | By this means they have not only been kept in a wandering state, but been led to look upon us as unjust and indifferent to their fate. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | We look upon this shaken earth, and we declare our firm and fixed purpose--the building of a peace with justice in a world where moral law prevails. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Translations for "look upon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 看待 (regard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pitää (consider, hang onto, hold, keep, maintain, regard, retain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | betrachten (account, behold, consider, contemplate, count, esteem, eye, keep, look at, look on, lookup, mind, observe, regard, take into account, to contemplate, to eye, to regard, to treat, view, viewed, viewing), ansehen (appearance, consider, count, credit, deem, esteem, eye, kudos, look, look at, look on, prestige, regard, renown, reputation, repute, respect, respectability, see, standing, standung, status, tell by looking, view, watch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tekint vmilyennek (to look on, to look upon), tart vmilyennek (to look on, to look upon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menganggap (categorize, deem, regard as). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 突っ"す (to look upon with detachment, to thrust or cast away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | つっぱなす (to look upon with detachment, to thrust or cast away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jeeaghyn er (look at, look on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ooklay onupay considerar (account, bring into account, call, cogitate, consider, consult, count, debate, deliberate, esteem, hold, hold in esteem, honor, honour, look, notice, ponder, powwow, put down, rate, reckon, regard, repute, respect, see, take into account, touch upon, treat, view). (various references) рассматривать (account, consider, debate, descry, envisage, espy, examine, eye, give consideration to, judge, look on, regard, review, scrutinize, see into, study, view, viewed). (various references) considerar (account, behold, consider, contemplate, deem, define, esteem, judge, look at, look on, perpend, ponder, reckon, regard, set down, take into account, take into consideration, think, think over, view, weigh). (various references) titta på (look at, look on, see about, see over, survey, tour), se på (look at, look on, watch), räkna (calculate, count, do arithmetic, enumerate, figure, number, numerate, reckon, regard, score, shrimp, tally, tell), betrakta (account, consider, contemplate, envisage, esteem, eye, look at, look on, observe, regard, take into account, treat, view, watch). (various references) olarak görmek (look on, rate, regard as, treat as), gözüyle bakmak (account, look at with the eye of, look on), bakmak (answer, attend, behold, care for, concern oneself, consider, consult, deem, do for, face, feed, fend for, find, Foster, front, front on to, give a look, groom, have a frontage on, have a look-see, keep, look, look after, look at, look on, look out, look through, maintain, make sure, nurse, overlook, put out to nurse, refer, regard, scan, see, see to, set eyes on, sight, sit in, suckle, superintend, supervise, support, survey, take a gander, take a look, take a look at, tend, turn up, view, wait on, wait upon, watch). (various references) вважати за. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | intueor. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 9, Verse 38 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai idou anhr apo tou oclou anebohsen legwn didaskale deomai sou epibleyon epi ton uion mou oti monogenhV estin moi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et ecce vir de turba exclamavit dicens magister obsecro te respice in filium meum quia unicus est mihi |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þa clypode an wer of þære menego and cwæð; Lareow ic halsie þe: geseoh minne sunu forþam he is min anlica sunu: |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And lo! a man of the cumpany criede, and seide, Maister, Y biseche thee, biholde my sone, for Y haue no mo; and lo! |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And beholde a man of the copany cryed out sayinge: Master I beseche ye beholde my sonne for he is all that I have: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee look upon my son: for he is my only child. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And a man from among them, crying out, said, Master, I make a request to you, give a thought to my son, for he is my only child: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 9, Verse 38 |
| Cebuano | Ug dihay usa ka tawo sa panon nga misinggit, "Magtutudlo, mangamuyo ako kanimo nga imo untang tan-awon ang akong anak nga lalaki, kay siya bugtong ko rang anak. |
| Chinese | 其 中 有 一 人 喊 叫 說 、 夫 子 、 求 看 顧 我 的 ' 子 、 為 他 是 我 的 獨 " 子 。 |
| Croatian | I gle, èovjek neki iz mnoštva povika: "Uèitelju, molim te pogledaj mi sina: jedinac mi je, |
| Danish | Og se, en Mand af Skaren råbte og sagde: "Mester! jeg beder dig, se til min Søn: thi han er min enbårne. |
| Dutch | En ziet, een man van de schare riep uit, zeggende: Meester, ik bid U, zie toch mijn zoon aan; want hij is mij een eniggeborene. |
| Finnish | Ja katso, kansanjoukosta huusi eräs mies sanoen: "Opettaja, minä rukoilen sinua, katsahda minun poikani puoleen, sillä hän on minun ainokaiseni; |
| French | Et voici, du milieu de la foule un homme s`écria: Maître, je t`en prie, porte les regards sur mon fils, car c`est mon fils unique. |
| German | Und siehe, ein Mann unter dem Volk rief und sprach: Meister, ich bitte dich, besiehe doch meinen Sohn, denn er ist mein einziger Sohn. |
| Haitian Creole | Nan mitan foul la, yon nonm pran rele: Mèt, tanpri, voye je ou sou pitit gason m' lan. Souple, se yon sèl la mwen genyen. |
| Hungarian | És ímé egy a sokaság közül felkiálta, mondván: Mester, kérlek téged, tekints az én fiamra; mert nékem egyetlen egyem: |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Seorang laki-laki dari tengah-tengah orang banyak itu berteriak, "Pak Guru, tolonglah melihat anak saya--dia satu-satunya anak saya! |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Di antara orang banyak itu adalah seorang berseru, katanya, "Ya Guru, hamba mohonkanlah kiranya Tuan menengokkan anak hamba; karena ialah anak hamba yang tunggal. |
| Italian | A un tratto dalla folla un uomo si mise a gridare: «Maestro, ti prego di volgere lo sguardo a mio figlio, perché è l'unico che ho. |
| Manx Gaelic | As cur-my-ner, deie dooinney jeh'n cheshaght, gra, Vainshter, ta mee guee ort jeeagh er my vac, son she my ynrycan lhiannoo eh. |
| Maori | Na ka karanga tetahi tangata i roto i te mano, ka mea, Tena koa, e te Kaiwhakaako, titiro mai ki taku tama: ko ia anake hoki taku. |
| Norwegian | Og se, en mann av folket ropte: Mester! jeg ber dig: Se til min sønn! for han er min eneste, |
| Portuguese | E eis que um homem dentre a multidão clamou, dizendo: Mestre, peço-te que olhes para meu filho, porque é o único que tenho; |
| Rumanian | Wi un om din mijlocul mulyimii a strigat: ,,Knvqyqtorule, rogu-Te, uitq-Te cu kndurare la fiul meu, fiindcq kl am numai pe el. |
| Russian | ч"ТХЗ ОЕЛФП ЙЪ ОБТП"Б ЧПУЛМЙЛОХМ: хЮЙФЕМШ! ХНПМСА фЕ'С ЧЪЗМСОХФШ ОБ УЩОБ НПЕЗП, ПО П"ЙО Х НЕОС: |
| Shuar | Nu shuarnumia chikichik aishman Jesusan untsuak Tímiayi "Uuntá, waitneasam uchir Iirtústá. Uchirsha Júchikiiti. |
| Swahili | Hapo, mtu mmoja katika lile kundi akapaaza sauti, akasema, "Mwalimu! Ninakusihi umwangalie mwanangu--mwanangu wa pekee! |
| Swedish | Då ropade en man ur folkhopen och sade: "Mästare, jag beder dig, se till min son, ty han är mitt enda barn. |
| Uma | Ria hadua tomane hi laintongo' tauna to wori' to mekio', na'uli': "Guru! Tulungi-a! Pehiloi-ka-kuwo ana' -ku. Hadudua hi'a-wadi-ka-kuwo ana' -ku. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "k-l-n-o-o-o-p-u" | |
-2 letters: lookup. | |
-3 letters: plonk, plunk. | |
-4 letters: knop, kolo, look, loon, loop, loup, lunk, nolo, nook, polo, pool, poon, punk, upon. | |
-5 letters: kop, loo, lop, noo, pol, pul, pun, upo. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Bible Trace 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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