Meanings
present singular third person looks around · participle present looking around · participle past looked around · past looked around · alternative look round
- idiomaticTo inspect a building or area.
We're interested in buying this house. Can we look around tomorrow?
- intransitiveTo turn one's head to see what is behind oneself.
He heard a voice and looked around to see a man wearing dark clothes.
- idiomaticTo take note of the situation; to make oneself aware.
1 more example
Sure enough, when Jon appeals to centuries-old tradition binding the families of the north together, it comes off as good-hearted but short-sighted. Look around, Jon. It’s a new day. Queens rule the continent. They might rule the North, too, if tradition hadn’t made room for a bastard king. At a certain point, adhering to tradition becomes a failure to adapt. It traps people in the same deepening grooves of history their parents died in.
2017 July 16, Brandon Nowalk, “Chickens and dragons come home to roost on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2017
Translations
Ancient Greek περισκοπέω
- περισκοπέω (periskopéō)to inspect a building or area
Arabic تَلَفَّتَ
- تَلَفَّتَ (talaffata)to inspect a building or area
Bulgarian оглеждам се
- оглеждам се (ogleždam se)to inspect a building or area
Chinese Mandarin 環顧 /环顾
- 環顧 /环顾 (huángù)to inspect a building or area
Finnish tutkia, tarkastella
- tutkiato inspect a building or area
- tarkastellato inspect a building or area
- kierrelläto inspect a building or area
- etsiäto search a place
- koettaa löytääto search a place
- hakeato search a place
- katsoa ympärilleento make oneself aware
French regarder autour de soi
- regarder autour de soito inspect a building or area
German sich umsehen, sich umschauen
- sich umsehento inspect a building or area
- sich umschauento inspect a building or area
- umherblickento inspect a building or area
Hungarian körülnéz, körbenéz
- körülnézto inspect a building or area
- körbenézto inspect a building or area
- körültekintto inspect a building or area
- körbetekintto inspect a building or area
- szétnézto inspect a building or area
- nézelődikto inspect a building or area
- bámészkodikto inspect a building or area
- keresto search a place
- körbenézto search a place
- körülnézto search a place
Japanese 見回す
- 見回す (mimawasu)to inspect a building or area
Korean 둘러보다
- 둘러보다 (dulleoboda)to inspect a building or area
Polish rozglądać się, rozejrzeć się
- rozglądać sięto inspect a building or area
- rozejrzeć sięto inspect a building or area
- przeglądaćto search a place
- przejrzećto search a place
- orientować sięto make oneself aware
- zorientować sięto make oneself aware
Russian осма́триваться, осмотре́ться
- осма́триваться (osmátrivatʹsja)to inspect a building or area
- осмотре́ться (osmotrétʹsja)to inspect a building or area
- огля́дываться (ogljádyvatʹsja)to inspect a building or area
- огляде́ться (ogljadétʹsja)to inspect a building or area
- огляну́ться (ogljanútʹsja)to inspect a building or area
- озира́ться (ozirátʹsja)to inspect a building or area
Ukrainian озира́тися, озирну́тися
- озира́тися (ozyrátysja)to inspect a building or area
- озирну́тися (ozyrnútysja)to inspect a building or area
- огляда́тися (ohljadátysja)to inspect a building or area
- огля́нутися (ohljánutysja)to inspect a building or area
Cite this entry
look around. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20around
“look around.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20around. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “look around,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20around.
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