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onlooks

onlooks is the plural of onlook.

Meaning of onlook

Noun

onlook (plural onlooks)

  1. The act of looking on (something); observation.
    • The object of the onlook is taken to be more than physical, more than just sense-experience, therefore it is meta-physical.1966, Baptist Historical Society, The Baptist quarterly, volume 21, page 103
  2. That which is looked at, regarded, or considered.
  3. (rare) One's perspective or outlook.
    • This onlook is certainly foundational to Christianity. […] Religious belief is the conviction (or hope) that one's onlook conforms to an authoritative onlook, a divine onlook.2004, Richard Briggs, Words in Action

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Questions about onlooks

What is onlooks the plural of?
Onlooks is the plural of onlook.

Words near onlooks in the dictionary

  1. onlook
  2. onlooked
  3. onlooker
  4. onlookers
  5. onlooking
  6. onlooks
  7. onlucky
  8. only
  9. only a mother could love
  10. only child
  11. only children

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