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looking on as

looking on as is the present participle and gerund of look on as.

Meaning of look on as

Verb

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

  1. To treat someone in a particular role; to consider someone in a particular way.
    • I've always looked on him as the ideal candidate for the job.
  2. To witness (something) without participating in it.

Questions about looking on as

What is looking on as the present participle and gerund of?
Looking on as is the present participle and gerund of look on as.

Words near looking on as in the dictionary

  1. looking like who did it and ran
  2. looking like who did it and ran away
  3. looking lively
  4. looking off
  5. looking on
  6. looking on as
  7. looking on the black side
  8. looking on the bright side
  9. looking on the bright side of it
  10. looking on the dark side
  11. looking on the dark side of it

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Adapted from Wiktionary: looking on as (page history and authors); look on as (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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