"look over" meaning in English

See look over in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: looks over [present, singular, third-person], looking over [participle, present], looked over [participle, past], looked over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} look over (third-person singular simple present looks over, present participle looking over, simple past and past participle looked over)
  1. (transitive) To quickly check, to give a brief or cursory visual inspection. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-look_over-en-verb-en:cursorily_inspect
  2. (ditransitive) To move (one's eyes) so as to inspect or take in (someone or something). Tags: ditransitive
    Sense id: en-look_over-en-verb-k4h8dGrT
  3. (transitive) To quickly read or (especially) proofread; to quickly scan text, especially while checking for errors. Tags: transitive Translations (to scan-read and check): преглеждам (pregleždam) (Bulgarian), tarkistaa (Finnish), ათვალიერება (atvaliereba) (Georgian), esaminare (Italian), 훑어보다 (hulteoboda) (Korean), просма́тривать (prosmátrivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), просмотре́ть (prosmotrétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), revisar (Spanish), перегляда́ти (perehljadáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), перегля́нути (perehljánuty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-look_over-en-verb-en:cursorily_read Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of 'to scan-read and check': 28 10 44 18
  4. (transitive) Synonym of overlook, to survey, to look at as if from on high. Tags: transitive Synonyms: overlook [synonym, synonym-of], to survey [synonym, synonym-of], to look at as if from on high [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: lookover [noun]
    Sense id: en-look_over-en-verb-en:survey_from_above Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "over", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 12 31 43 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "over": 16 14 20 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 19 20 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 21 21 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 12 15 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 23 24 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 11 25 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 16 9 32 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 15 13 16 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 14 11 25 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 13 16 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 13 18 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 14 11 25 51

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To quickly check, to give a brief or cursory visual inspection."
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          "text": "Coordinate term: look after"
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          "look at",
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          "as if",
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        "(transitive) Synonym of overlook, to survey, to look at as if from on high."
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        "(transitive) To quickly check, to give a brief or cursory visual inspection."
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        "(transitive) To quickly read or (especially) proofread; to quickly scan text, especially while checking for errors."
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      "roman": "pregleždam",
      "sense": "to scan-read and check",
      "word": "преглеждам"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to scan-read and check",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "atvaliereba",
      "sense": "to scan-read and check",
      "word": "ათვალიერება"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to scan-read and check",
      "word": "esaminare"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hulteoboda",
      "sense": "to scan-read and check",
      "word": "훑어보다"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prosmátrivatʹ",
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      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "просма́тривать"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "to scan-read and check",
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      "word": "просмотре́ть"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to scan-read and check",
      "word": "revisar"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perehljadáty",
      "sense": "to scan-read and check",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "перегляда́ти"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perehljánuty",
      "sense": "to scan-read and check",
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      "word": "перегля́нути"
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}

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