looking at

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To observe or watch.
   • The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick
2. (transitive) To study visually.
   • The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter X, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
3. (transitive) To consider.
   • I looked at the possibility of buying a new car, but my current one still runs great and it's paid off.
4. (transitive) To face; to be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.
   • He is looking at jail time.