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looks round

looks round is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 looks round

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

Words near looks round in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: looks 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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