"onlook" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: onlooks [plural]
Etymology: From on- + look. Compare Old English onlēċ (“onlook, consideration, regard”). Etymology templates: {{pre|en|on|look|pos=noun}} on- + look, {{cog|ang|onlēċ|t=onlook, consideration, regard}} Old English onlēċ (“onlook, consideration, regard”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} onlook (plural onlooks)
  1. The act of looking on (something); observation.
    Sense id: en-onlook-en-noun-0hB8wI0- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns prefixed with on-, English verbs prefixed with on- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 34 14 2 Disambiguation of English nouns prefixed with on-: 49 27 23 Disambiguation of English verbs prefixed with on-: 40 21 15 24
  2. That which is looked at, regarded, or considered.
    Sense id: en-onlook-en-noun-lvxlrqke
  3. (rare) One's perspective or outlook. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-onlook-en-noun-62b~qRnQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: on-look
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Forms: onlooks [present, singular, third-person], onlooking [participle, present], onlooked [participle, past], onlooked [past]
Etymology: From on- + look. Compare Old English onlōcian. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|on|look|pos=verb}} on- + look, {{noncog|ang|onlōcian}} Old English onlōcian Head templates: {{en-verb}} onlook (third-person singular simple present onlooks, present participle onlooking, simple past and past participle onlooked)
  1. (intransitive) To look on or look at; watch; observe; view; regard. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-onlook-en-verb-z0mp2ZLR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: on-look
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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