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looks at

looks at is the third-person singular simple present indicative of look at.

Meaning of look 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.

Questions about looks at

What is looks at the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Looks at is the third-person singular simple present indicative of look at.

Words near looks at in the dictionary

  1. looks and feels
  2. looks around
  3. looks as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence
  4. looks as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards
  5. looks as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence
  6. looks at
  7. looks at oneself in the mirror
  8. looks away
  9. looks back
  10. looks before one leaps
  11. looks beyond

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Adapted from Wiktionary: looks at (page history and authors); look at (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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