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looking upon

looking upon is the present participle and gerund of look upon.

Meaning of look upon

Verb

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

  1. To consider or regard something in a specific manner.
    • Some people look upon lexicography as their life's work.
  2. To gaze at something; to look on.
    • Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Questions about looking upon

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

Words near looking upon in the dictionary

  1. looking to
  2. looking under rocks
  3. looking up
  4. looking up and down
  5. looking up to
  6. looking upon
  7. looking-glass
  8. looking-glasses
  9. Lookingglass
  10. lookings
  11. lookism

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