"look after" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-look after.ogg [Australia] Forms: looks after [present, singular, third-person], looking after [participle, present], looked after [participle, past], looked after [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} look after (third-person singular simple present looks after, present participle looking after, simple past and past participle looked after)
  1. (transitive) To follow with the eyes; to look in the direction of (someone or something departing). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-look_after-en-verb-en:follow_with_the_eyes
  2. (transitive, now regional) To seek out, to look for. Tags: regional, transitive
    Sense id: en-look_after-en-verb-en:seek_out__look_for Categories (other): Regional English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (after) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 45 2 6 25 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (after): 22 45 5 6 22
  3. (transitive, also reflexive) To care for; to keep safe. Tags: also, reflexive, transitive
    Sense id: en-look_after-en-verb-en:care_for__keep_safe
  4. (transitive) To have as one's business; to manage, be responsible for. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-look_after-en-verb-en:manage__be_responsible_for Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To expect, look forward to. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-look_after-en-verb-en:expect__look_forward_to
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: the devil looks after his own Translations (to watch, to protect): κομίζω (komízō) (Ancient Greek), τημελέω (tēmeléō) (Ancient Greek), اِهْتَمَّ (ihtamma) (Arabic), اِعْتَنَى (iʕtanā) (Arabic), грижа се (griža se) (Bulgarian), چاو لێبوون (çaw lêbûn) (Central Kurdish), ئاگالێبوون (agalêbûn) (Central Kurdish), 關照 (Chinese Mandarin), 关照 (guānzhào) (Chinese Mandarin), 照顧 (Chinese Mandarin), 照顾 (zhàogu) (Chinese Mandarin), 照管 (zhàoguǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), truedha (Cornish), pohlídat (Czech), passe (Danish), verzorgen (Dutch), behartigen (Dutch), naar omkijken (Dutch), flegi (Esperanto), huolehtia (Finnish), vahtia (Finnish), s’occuper de (French), garder (French), veiller sur (French), soigner (French), coidar (Galician), mirar por (Galician), sich kümmern um (German), pflegen (German), pflääge [Alemannic-German] (German), ध्यान रखना (dhyān rakhnā) (Hindi), पालना (pālnā) (Hindi), पालनपोषण करना (pālanpoṣaṇ karnā) (Hindi), gondoskodik (Hungarian), gondoz (Hungarian), prendersi cura (Italian), stare dietro (Italian), 世話をする (sewa o suru) (Japanese), 面倒を見る (mendō o miru) (Japanese), ເບິ່ງແຍງ (bœng nyǣng) (Lao), cūrō (Latin), काळजी घेणे (kāḷjī gheṇe) (Marathi), लक्ष्य ठेवणे (lakṣya ṭhevṇe) (Marathi), abbadà (Neapolitan), hwangalia (Ngazidja Comorian), ushishia (Ngazidja Comorian), ᨹᩬᩴ᩵ᨣᩬ᩠ᨿ (Northern Thai), opiekować się (Polish), cuidar (Portuguese), pertgirar [Rumantsch-Grischun, Surmiran, Sursilvan] (Romansch), partgirar [Sutsilvan] (Romansch), perchürer [Puter, Vallander] (Romansch), забо́титься (zabótitʹsja) (Russian), уха́живать (uxáživatʹ) (Russian), пригля́дывать (prigljádyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пригляде́ть (prigljadétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), присма́тривать (prismátrivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), присмотре́ть (prismotrétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), следи́ть (sledítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), လုမ်းလႃး (lúm láa) (Shan), cuidar (Spanish), passa (Swedish), ꪩꪾ꪿ꪒꪴ (Tai Dam), ꪵꪔ꫁ꪉ (Tai Dam), ꪒꪴ (Tai Dam), ดูแล (duu-lɛɛ) (Thai), เลี้ยงดู (líiang-duu) (Thai), yärp- (Tocharian B), göz kulak olmak (Turkish), bakmak (Turkish), турбува́тися (turbuvátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), догляда́ти (dohljadáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), дба́ти (dbáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), піклува́тися (pikluvátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'to watch, to protect': 10 30 33 15 13

Inflected forms

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        "To follow with the eyes; to look in the direction of (someone or something departing)."
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          "ref": "1775, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Duenna, II.4",
          "text": "I have sent my intended husband to look after my lover […].",
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        {
          "ref": "1893, Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance",
          "text": "If they are not married, they should be looking after a wife.",
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        {
          "ref": "2005, J. M. Coetzee, “Three”, in Slow Man, New York: Viking, page 19",
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          "ref": "2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27",
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          "ref": "2022 April 6, “Network News: Booze ban continues as part of move to prioritise women's safety”, in RAIL, number 954, page 6",
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      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ihtamma",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "اِهْتَمَّ"
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      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iʕtanā",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "اِعْتَنَى"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "griža se",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "грижа се"
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      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "關照"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guānzhào",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "关照"
    },
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      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "照顧"
    },
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      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhàogu",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "照顾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhàoguǎn",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "照管"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "truedha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "pohlídat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "passe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "verzorgen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "behartigen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "naar omkijken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "flegi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "huolehtia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "vahtia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "s’occuper de"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "garder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "veiller sur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "soigner"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "coidar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "mirar por"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "sich kümmern um"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "pflegen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
      ],
      "word": "pflääge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "komízō",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "κομίζω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "tēmeléō",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "τημελέω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dhyān rakhnā",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "ध्यान रखना"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pālnā",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "पालना"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pālanpoṣaṇ karnā",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "पालनपोषण करना"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "gondoskodik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "gondoz"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "prendersi cura"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "stare dietro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sewa o suru",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "世話をする"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mendō o miru",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "面倒を見る"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "çaw lêbûn",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "چاو لێبوون"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "agalêbûn",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "ئاگالێبوون"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "bœng nyǣng",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "ເບິ່ງແຍງ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "cūrō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kāḷjī gheṇe",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "काळजी घेणे"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "lakṣya ṭhevṇe",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "लक्ष्य ठेवणे"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "abbadà"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "hwangalia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "ushishia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "nod",
      "lang": "Northern Thai",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "ᨹᩬᩴ᩵ᨣᩬ᩠ᨿ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "opiekować się"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "cuidar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "Rumantsch-Grischun",
        "Surmiran",
        "Sursilvan"
      ],
      "word": "pertgirar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "Sutsilvan"
      ],
      "word": "partgirar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "Puter",
        "Vallander"
      ],
      "word": "perchürer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zabótitʹsja",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "забо́титься"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uxáživatʹ",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "уха́живать"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prigljádyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пригля́дывать"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prigljadétʹ",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пригляде́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prismátrivatʹ",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "присма́тривать"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prismotrétʹ",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "присмотре́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sledítʹ",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "следи́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "lúm láa",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "လုမ်းလႃး"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "cuidar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "passa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "blt",
      "lang": "Tai Dam",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "ꪩꪾ꪿ꪒꪴ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "blt",
      "lang": "Tai Dam",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "ꪵꪔ꫁ꪉ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "blt",
      "lang": "Tai Dam",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "ꪒꪴ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "duu-lɛɛ",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "ดูแล"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "líiang-duu",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "เลี้ยงดู"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "yärp-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "göz kulak olmak"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "bakmak"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "turbuvátysja",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "турбува́тися"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dohljadáty",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "догляда́ти"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dbáty",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "дба́ти"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 30 33 15 13",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pikluvátysja",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "піклува́тися"
    }
  ],
  "word": "look after"
}
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  "categories": [
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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (after)",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "the devil looks after his own"
    }
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    {
      "form": "looks after",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looking after",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked after",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked after",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To follow with the eyes; to look in the direction of (someone or something departing)."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To follow with the eyes; to look in the direction of (someone or something departing)."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:follow with the eyes"
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Regional English"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1775, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Duenna, II.4",
          "text": "I have sent my intended husband to look after my lover […].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1893, Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance",
          "text": "If they are not married, they should be looking after a wife.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, J. M. Coetzee, “Three”, in Slow Man, New York: Viking, page 19",
          "text": "Sliding through the world: that is how, in a bygone age, they used to designate lives like his: looking after his interests, quietly prospering, attracting no attention.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To seek out, to look for."
      ],
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          "seek",
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      ],
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        "(transitive, now regional) To seek out, to look for."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:seek out, look for"
      ],
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "He asked me to look after his daughter while he was away.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27",
          "text": "The station is clearly well looked after, making it a worthy gateway to the resort.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 April 6, “Network News: Booze ban continues as part of move to prioritise women's safety”, in RAIL, number 954, page 6",
          "text": "\"And I thought: if muggins here, a 37-year-old government minister who can look after myself, feels that way, then we need to really think about how we're putting in place a level of protection for women.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To care for; to keep safe."
      ],
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        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, also reflexive) To care for; to keep safe."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:care for, keep safe"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "reflexive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English links with manual fragments",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: look over"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have as one's business; to manage, be responsible for."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "manage",
          "manage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To have as one's business; to manage, be responsible for."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:manage, be responsible for"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To expect, look forward to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "expect",
          "expect"
        ],
        [
          "look forward",
          "look forward"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To expect, look forward to."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:expect, look forward to"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
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      "audio": "En-au-look after.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/En-au-look_after.ogg",
      "tags": [
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ihtamma",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "اِهْتَمَّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iʕtanā",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "اِعْتَنَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "griža se",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "грижа се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "關照"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guānzhào",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "关照"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "照顧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhàogu",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "照顾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhàoguǎn",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "照管"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "truedha"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "pohlídat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "passe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "verzorgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "behartigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "naar omkijken"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "flegi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "huolehtia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "vahtia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "s’occuper de"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "garder"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "veiller sur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "soigner"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "coidar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "mirar por"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "sich kümmern um"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "pflegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
      ],
      "word": "pflääge"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "komízō",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "κομίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "tēmeléō",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "τημελέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dhyān rakhnā",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "ध्यान रखना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pālnā",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "पालना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pālanpoṣaṇ karnā",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "पालनपोषण करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "gondoskodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "gondoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "prendersi cura"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "stare dietro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sewa o suru",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "世話をする"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mendō o miru",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "面倒を見る"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "çaw lêbûn",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "چاو لێبوون"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "agalêbûn",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "ئاگالێبوون"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "bœng nyǣng",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "ເບິ່ງແຍງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "cūrō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kāḷjī gheṇe",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "काळजी घेणे"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "lakṣya ṭhevṇe",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "लक्ष्य ठेवणे"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "abbadà"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "hwangalia"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "ushishia"
    },
    {
      "code": "nod",
      "lang": "Northern Thai",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "ᨹᩬᩴ᩵ᨣᩬ᩠ᨿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "opiekować się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "cuidar"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "Rumantsch-Grischun",
        "Surmiran",
        "Sursilvan"
      ],
      "word": "pertgirar"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "Sutsilvan"
      ],
      "word": "partgirar"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "Puter",
        "Vallander"
      ],
      "word": "perchürer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zabótitʹsja",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "забо́титься"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uxáživatʹ",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "уха́живать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prigljádyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пригля́дывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prigljadétʹ",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пригляде́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prismátrivatʹ",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "присма́тривать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prismotrétʹ",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "присмотре́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sledítʹ",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "следи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "lúm láa",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "လုမ်းလႃး"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "cuidar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "passa"
    },
    {
      "code": "blt",
      "lang": "Tai Dam",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "ꪩꪾ꪿ꪒꪴ"
    },
    {
      "code": "blt",
      "lang": "Tai Dam",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "ꪵꪔ꫁ꪉ"
    },
    {
      "code": "blt",
      "lang": "Tai Dam",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "ꪒꪴ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "duu-lɛɛ",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "ดูแล"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "líiang-duu",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "เลี้ยงดู"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "yärp-"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "göz kulak olmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "word": "bakmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "turbuvátysja",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "турбува́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dohljadáty",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "догляда́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dbáty",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "дба́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pikluvátysja",
      "sense": "to watch, to protect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "піклува́тися"
    }
  ],
  "word": "look after"
}

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