look upon in English

Forms: looks upon [present, singular, third-person], looking upon [participle, present], looked upon [participle, past], looked upon [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} look upon (third-person singular simple present looks upon, present participle looking upon, simple past and past participle looked upon)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "looked upon",
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        "To consider or regard something in a specific manner."
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          "text": "Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!",
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        "To gaze at something; to look on."
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          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "word": "look down upon"
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        {
          "text": "Some people look upon lexicography as their life's work.",
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        "To gaze at something; to look on."
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          "look on",
          "look on"
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"look upon" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms