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looked round

looked round is the simple past and past participle of look round.

Meaning of look round

Verb

look round (third-person singular simple present looks round, present participle looking round, simple past and past participle looked round)

  1. (idiomatic) To inspect a building or area.
    • We're interested in buying this house, can we look round tomorrow?
  2. (idiomatic) To search a place.
    • I can't find my keys, so I'll look round.
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To turn one's head to see what is behind oneself.
    • He heard a voice and looked round to see a man wearing dark clothes.

Questions about looked round

What is looked round the simple past and past participle of?
Looked round is the simple past and past participle of look round.

Words near looked round in the dictionary

  1. looked out for someone
  2. looked over
  3. looked over one's shoulder
  4. looked past
  5. looked right through
  6. looked round
  7. looked shy
  8. looked snappy
  9. looked the other way
  10. looked the part
  11. looked through

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Adapted from Wiktionary: looked round (page history and authors); look round (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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