"behold" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /bɪˈhəʊld/ [UK], /bɪˈhoʊld/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-behold.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -əʊld, -oʊld Etymology: From Middle English beholden, from Old English behealdan (“to hold, have, occupy, possess, guard, preserve, contain, belong, keep, observe, consider, behold, look at, gaze on, see, signify, avail, effect, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to hold with, keep”), equivalent to be- + hold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”), Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”), Danish and Norwegian beholde (“to keep”) and Swedish behålla (“to keep”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kel-}}, {{inh|en|enm|beholden}} Middle English beholden, {{inh|en|ang|behealdan||to hold, have, occupy, possess, guard, preserve, contain, belong, keep, observe, consider, behold, look at, gaze on, see, signify, avail, effect, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave}} Old English behealdan (“to hold, have, occupy, possess, guard, preserve, contain, belong, keep, observe, consider, behold, look at, gaze on, see, signify, avail, effect, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*bihaldan||to hold with, keep}} Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to hold with, keep”), {{prefix|en|be|hold}} be- + hold, {{cog|stq|behoolde|t=to keep}} Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”), {{cog|nl|behouden||to keep, restrain, preserve}} Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), {{cog|de|behalten||to keep, restrain, remember}} German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”), {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|no|beholde||to keep}} Norwegian beholde (“to keep”), {{cog|sv|behålla||to keep}} Swedish behålla (“to keep”) Head templates: {{en-interj}} behold
  1. look, a call of attention to something
    Sense id: en-behold-en-intj-9jH0HWfs
  2. lo!
    Sense id: en-behold-en-intj--bSBJBA~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lo Translations (Translations): ἰδού (idoú) (Ancient Greek), هَا (hā) (Arabic), ահա (aha) (Armenian), ئەوەتا (eweta) (Central Kurdish), ئەمەتا (emeta) (Central Kurdish), ziehier (Dutch), ziedaar (Dutch), jen (Esperanto), voici (French), voilà (French), velaquí (Galician), velaí (Galician), eis (Galician), 𐍃𐌰𐌹 (sai) (Gothic), הִנֵּה (Hebrew), ecce (Interlingua), ecco (Italian), 見よ (miyo) [literary] (Japanese), ほら (hora) (Japanese), ecce (Latin), æfne (Old English), eis (Portuguese), vede (Portuguese), iată (Romanian), вот (vot) (Russian), seall (Scottish Gaelic), he aquí (Spanish), mirad (Spanish), saib seb (White Hmong)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 100 0

Verb

IPA: /bɪˈhəʊld/ [UK], /bɪˈhoʊld/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-behold.ogg [US] Forms: beholds [present, singular, third-person], beholding [participle, present], beheld [past], beheld [participle, past], beholden [participle, past, rare], no-table-tags [table-tags], behold [infinitive]
Rhymes: -əʊld, -oʊld Etymology: From Middle English beholden, from Old English behealdan (“to hold, have, occupy, possess, guard, preserve, contain, belong, keep, observe, consider, behold, look at, gaze on, see, signify, avail, effect, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to hold with, keep”), equivalent to be- + hold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”), Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”), Danish and Norwegian beholde (“to keep”) and Swedish behålla (“to keep”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kel-}}, {{inh|en|enm|beholden}} Middle English beholden, {{inh|en|ang|behealdan||to hold, have, occupy, possess, guard, preserve, contain, belong, keep, observe, consider, behold, look at, gaze on, see, signify, avail, effect, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave}} Old English behealdan (“to hold, have, occupy, possess, guard, preserve, contain, belong, keep, observe, consider, behold, look at, gaze on, see, signify, avail, effect, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*bihaldan||to hold with, keep}} Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to hold with, keep”), {{prefix|en|be|hold}} be- + hold, {{cog|stq|behoolde|t=to keep}} Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”), {{cog|nl|behouden||to keep, restrain, preserve}} Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), {{cog|de|behalten||to keep, restrain, remember}} German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”), {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|no|beholde||to keep}} Norwegian beholde (“to keep”), {{cog|sv|behålla||to keep}} Swedish behålla (“to keep”) Head templates: {{en-verb|beholds|beholding|beheld|past_ptc2=beholden|past_ptc2_qual=rare}} behold (third-person singular simple present beholds, present participle beholding, simple past beheld, past participle beheld or (rare) beholden) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|note1=Rare.|old=1|past=beheld|past_ptc2=beholden|past_ptc2_qual=note1}}
  1. (transitive)
    To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
    Tags: transitive Synonyms: look Translations (to see, to look at): σκοπέω (skopéō) (Ancient Greek), هُوَذَا (huwaḏā) [masculine] (Arabic), הא (hā, ho) [Hebrew] (Aramaic), ܗܐ (hā, ho) [Syriac] (Aramaic), гледам (gledam) (Bulgarian), виждам (viždam) (Bulgarian), mirar (Catalan), vigilar (Catalan), (kàn) (Chinese Mandarin), aanschouwen (Dutch), p*t:r-M4-D6 (ptr) (Egyptian), rigardi (Esperanto), katsoa (Finnish), regarder (French), voir (French), observer (French), mirar (Galician), espreitar (Galician), ollar (Galician), betrachten (German), sehen (German), schauen (German), anschauen (German), ansehen (German), הִנֵּה (hiné) (Hebrew), הֲרֵי (haréi) (Hebrew), meglát (Hungarian), észrevesz (Hungarian), megpillant (Hungarian), sjá (Icelandic), yen (Ido), lihat (Indonesian), guardare (Italian), 見る (miru) (alt: みる) (Japanese), 認める (mitomeru) (alt: みとめる) (Japanese), aspicio (Latin), tueor (Latin), гледа (gleda) (Macedonian), следи (sledi) (Macedonian), lucar (Occitan), véser (Occitan), veire (Occitan), agachar (Occitan), agaitar (Occitan), espiar (Occitan), mirar (Occitan), ad·cí (Old Irish), نگریستن (negaristan) (Persian), ujrzeć [perfective] (Polish), ver (Portuguese), contemplar (Portuguese), vedea (Romanian), смотре́ть (smotrétʹ) (Russian), гляде́ть (gljadétʹ) (Russian), увидеть (uvidetʹ) [perfective] (Russian), взглянуть (vzgljanutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), पश्यति (paśyati) (Sanskrit), amhairc (Scottish Gaelic), seall (Scottish Gaelic), posmatrati (Serbo-Croatian), gledati (Serbo-Croatian), contemplar (Spanish), mirar (Spanish), observar (Spanish), skåda (Swedish), betrakta (Swedish), åskåda (Swedish), ˀana (Tonkawa), bakmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-behold-en-verb-Z24jsguv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with be- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 8 76 6 0 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 11 7 77 5 0 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 25 22 38 16 0 Disambiguation of 'to see, to look at': 75 4 22
  2. (transitive)
    To contemplate (someone or something).
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-behold-en-verb-ZleR-SCG
  3. (intransitive) To look. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-behold-en-verb-gMGu2XKI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beholder, eye of the beholder, lo and behold, long and behold, sight to behold

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for behold meaning in English (19.9kB)

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          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "huwaḏā",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "هُوَذَا"
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          "code": "arc",
          "lang": "Aramaic",
          "roman": "hā, ho",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "הא"
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          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "arc",
          "lang": "Aramaic",
          "roman": "hā, ho",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ܗܐ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "gledam",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "гледам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "viždam",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "виждам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "mirar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "vigilar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kàn",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "看"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "aanschouwen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "ptr",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "p*t:r-M4-D6"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "rigardi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "katsoa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "regarder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "voir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "observer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "mirar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "espreitar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "ollar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "betrachten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "sehen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "schauen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "anschauen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "ansehen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "skopéō",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "σκοπέω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hiné",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "הִנֵּה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "haréi",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "הֲרֵי"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "meglát"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "észrevesz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "megpillant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "sjá"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "yen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "lihat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "sga",
          "lang": "Old Irish",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "ad·cí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "guardare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "alt": "みる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "miru",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "見る"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "alt": "みとめる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mitomeru",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "認める"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "aspicio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "tueor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "gleda",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "гледа"
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          "sense": "to see, to look at",
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          "roman": "negaristan",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
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          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "ver"
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        {
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          "sense": "to see, to look at",
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          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "vedea"
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          "roman": "smotrétʹ",
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        {
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          "sense": "to see, to look at",
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          "sense": "to see, to look at",
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        {
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to see, to look at",
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          "sense": "to see, to look at",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
          "word": "betrakta"
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        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 22",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to see, to look at",
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          "sense": "to see, to look at",
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        "(intransitive) To look."
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "velaquí"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
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      "word": "velaí"
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    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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    "Rhymes:English/əʊld/2 syllables",
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      "word": "eye of the beholder"
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      "word": "lo and behold"
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      "word": "sight to behold"
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beholden",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "en-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "behold",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "behold (third-person singular simple present beholds, present participle beholding, simple past beheld, past participle beheld or (rare) beholden)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "old": "1",
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      },
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1962, “Monster Mash”, Bobby \"Boris\" Pickett and Lenny Capizzi (lyrics), performed by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers",
          "text": "I was working in the lab late one night\nWhen my eyes beheld an eerie sight\nFor my monster, from his slab, began to rise\nAnd suddenly, to my surprise\nHe did the Mash\nHe did the Monster Mash.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "look at",
          "look at"
        ],
        [
          "see",
          "see#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "appreciatively",
          "appreciatively"
        ],
        [
          "descry",
          "descry"
        ],
        [
          "look upon",
          "look upon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "look"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To contemplate (someone or something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contemplate",
          "contemplate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "To contemplate (someone or something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To look."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "look",
          "look#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To look."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɪˈhəʊld/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bɪˈhoʊld/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊld"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oʊld"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-behold.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/En-us-behold.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "huwaḏā",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "هُوَذَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "arc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "roman": "hā, ho",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "tags": [
        "Hebrew"
      ],
      "word": "הא"
    },
    {
      "code": "arc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "roman": "hā, ho",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "tags": [
        "Syriac"
      ],
      "word": "ܗܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gledam",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "гледам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "viždam",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "виждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "mirar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "vigilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kàn",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "看"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "aanschouwen"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "ptr",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "p*t:r-M4-D6"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "rigardi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "katsoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "regarder"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "voir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "observer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "mirar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "espreitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "ollar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "betrachten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "sehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "schauen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "anschauen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "ansehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "skopéō",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "σκοπέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hiné",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "הִנֵּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "haréi",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "הֲרֵי"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "meglát"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "észrevesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "megpillant"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "sjá"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "yen"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "lihat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "ad·cí"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "guardare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "miru",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "見る"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みとめる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mitomeru",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "認める"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "aspicio"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "tueor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "gleda",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "гледа"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sledi",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "следи"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "lucar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "véser"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "veire"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "agachar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "agaitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "espiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "mirar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "negaristan",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "نگریستن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ujrzeć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "ver"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "contemplar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "vedea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smotrétʹ",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "смотре́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gljadétʹ",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "гляде́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uvidetʹ",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "увидеть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vzgljanutʹ",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "взглянуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "paśyati",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "पश्यति"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "amhairc"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "seall"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "posmatrati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "gledati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "contemplar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "mirar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "observar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "skåda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "betrakta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "åskåda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tqw",
      "lang": "Tonkawa",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "ˀana"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to see, to look at",
      "word": "bakmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "behold"
}

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    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
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    "English irregular verbs",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kel-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms prefixed with be-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/oʊld",
    "Rhymes:English/oʊld/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊld",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊld/2 syllables",
    "Translation table header lacks gloss"
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      "expansion": "Middle English beholden",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "behealdan",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "name": "prefix"
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      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
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      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "behouden",
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        "4": "to keep, restrain, preserve"
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      "expansion": "Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "behalten",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to keep, restrain, remember"
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      "expansion": "German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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      "expansion": "Norwegian beholde (“to keep”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "behålla",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to keep"
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      "expansion": "Swedish behålla (“to keep”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      ],
      "links": [
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          "look"
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        [
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          "call"
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          "attention"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "links": [
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          "lo",
          "lo"
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/bɪˈhəʊld/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/bɪˈhoʊld/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊld"
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lo"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "hā",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "هَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aha",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ահա"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ziehier"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ziedaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "jen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "voici"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "voilà"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "velaquí"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "velaí"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "eis"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "sai",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "𐍃𐌰𐌹"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "idoú",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ἰδού"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "הִנֵּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ecce"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ecco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "miyo",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "見よ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hora",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ほら"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "eweta",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ئەوەتا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "emeta",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ئەمەتا"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ecce"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "æfne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "eis"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "vede"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "iată"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vot",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "вот"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "seall"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "he aquí"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "mirad"
    },
    {
      "code": "mww",
      "lang": "White Hmong",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "saib seb"
    }
  ],
  "word": "behold"
}
{
  "called_from": "translations/324",
  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Finnish: (1) katsoa (fi)",
  "path": [
    "behold"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "behold",
  "trace": ""
}

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