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Antonyms for looked out

Grammar : Verb
Spell : loo k
Phonetic Transcription : lÊŠk

Definition of looked out

Origin :
  • Old English locian "use the eyes for seeing, gaze, look, behold, spy," from West Germanic *lokjan (cf. Old Saxon lokon "see, look, spy," Middle Dutch loeken "to look," Old High German luogen, German dialectal lugen "to look out"), of unknown origin, perhaps cognate with Breton lagud "eye." In Old English, usually with on; the use of at began 14c. Meaning "seek, search out" is c.1300; meaning "to have a certain appearance" is from c.1400. Of objects, "to face in a certain direction," late 14c.
  • Look after "take care of" is from late 14c., earlier "to seek" (c.1300), "to look toward" (c.1200). Look into "investigate" is from 1580s; look up "research in books or papers" is from 1690s. To look down upon in the figurative sense is from 1711; to look down one's nose is from 1921. To look forward "anticipate" is c.1600; meaning "anticipate with pleasure" is mid-19c. To not look back "make no pauses" is colloquial, first attested 1893. In look sharp (1711) sharp originally was an adverb, "sharply."
  • verb be wary
Example sentences :
  • The two bent their steps to the shore, and looked out to sea.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • How different was the sight from what she saw when she looked out in Addison square!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • I went to the settin'-room door an' looked out, an'—I dunno how 'twas—it all come to me.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • He went to the window beside Marcolina and looked out into the garden.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • He softly opened his window, and looked out upon the serene river.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • And he looked out of the window with a thoughtful noncommitting face.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • Cornish gave a little nod of the head, and looked out of the window.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • My father hesitated, looked out at the sky, and hesitated still.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • He looked out again, and then drew in his head very suddenly.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • And then toward the end of a winter's day we looked out of our window and saw her "sail."
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

Synonyms for looked out

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