take a look

verb

To examine or observe.

“Can you take a look at the engine to see what's wrong?”

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Meanings

verbtake a look (third-person singular simple present takes a look, present participle taking a look, simple past took a look, past participle taken a look)

present singular third person takes a look · participle present taking a look · past took a look · participle past taken a look

  1. idiomaticintransitiveTo examine or observe.

    Can you take a look at the engine to see what's wrong?

    Synonyms: have a look, take a gander

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo examine or observe.

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have a looktake a gander

More synonyms by meaning

verblook at with attention

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have a lookget a load
Broader
look
Also see
eye uphave a looktake a ganderviddy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic أَلْقَى نَظْرَةً عَلَى
  • أَلْقَى نَظْرَةً عَلَى (ʔalqā naẓratan ʕalā)to examine or observe
Bulgarian поглеждам
  • поглеждам (pogleždam)to examine or observe
Catalan donar un cop d'ull
  • donar un cop d'ullto examine or observe
Chinese Mandarin 看, 看看
  • 看 (kàn)to examine or observe
  • 看看 (kànkàn)to examine or observe
  • 瞜 /䁖 (lōu)to examine or observe
  • 瞜瞜 /䁖䁖 (lōulōu)to examine or observe
Finnish katsoa, vilkaista
  • katsoato examine or observe
  • vilkaistato examine or observe
French jeter un œil, jeter un coup d'œil
  • jeter un œilto examine or observe
  • jeter un coup d'œilto examine or observe
German angucken, einen Blick werfen
  • anguckento examine or observe
  • einen Blick werfento examine or observe
Hungarian megnéz
  • megnézto examine or observe
Italian dare un'occhiata, esaminare
  • dare un'occhiatato examine or observe
  • esaminareto examine or observe
Polish rzucać okiem, rzucić okiem
  • rzucać okiemto examine or observe
  • rzucić okiemto examine or observe
Portuguese dar uma olhada, dar uma vista de olhos
  • dar uma olhadato examine or observe
  • dar uma vista de olhosto examine or observe
Romanian arunca o privire
  • arunca o privireto examine or observe
Russian посмотре́ть, взгляну́ть
  • посмотре́ть (posmotrétʹ)to examine or observe
  • взгляну́ть (vzgljanútʹ)to examine or observe
Spanish echar un vistazo, echar una mirada
  • echar un vistazoto examine or observe
  • echar una miradato examine or observe
  • echar una ojeadato examine or observe
  • echar un ojoto examine or observe
  • dar un vistazoto examine or observe
Swedish ta en titt
  • ta en tittto examine or observe
Turkish göz atmak
  • göz atmakto examine or observe
Welsh cymryd golwg
  • cymryd golwgto examine or observe
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MLA

“take a look.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20a%20look. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take a look,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20a%20look.

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