LOOKING AT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does looking at mean? 

• LOOKING AT (noun)
  The noun LOOKING AT has 1 sense:

1. the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

  Familiarity information: LOOKING AT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOOKING AT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

look; looking; looking at

Context example:

his camera does his looking for him

Hypernyms ("looking at" is a kind of...):

perception; sensing (becoming aware of something via the senses)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "looking at"):

coup d'oeil; glance; glimpse (a quick look)

scrutiny (a prolonged intense look)

peek; peep (a secret look)

squint (the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed)

stare (a fixed look with eyes open wide)

evil eye (a look that is believed to have the power of inflicting harm)

rubber-necking; sightseeing (going about to look at places of interest)

observance; observation; watching (the act of observing; taking a patient look)

lookout; outlook (the act of looking out)

sight; survey; view (the act of looking or seeing or observing)

dekko (British slang for a look)

 Context examples 

All at once Mina opened her eyes, and looking at me tenderly, said:—Jonathan, I want you to promise me something on your word of honour.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

"Who are you?" looking at me with surprise and a sort of alarm, but still not wildly.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“You are dancing with the only handsome girl in the room,” said Mr. Darcy, looking at the eldest Miss Bennet.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“Oh, bless you!” said Peggotty, looking at me again at last.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

But while researchers were looking at ground-based data to confirm the existence of the hot Earth, they uncovered two additional worlds.

(Confirmation of Toasty TESS Planet Leads to Surprising Find of Promising World, NASA)

I hardly looked at him, I was looking at the horses; but I think he had something of the Elliot countenance, I wonder the arms did not strike me!

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

It’s likely that when looking at BMI, some inactive children aren’t classified as obese due to reduced muscle mass.

(Children who walk to school less likely to be overweight or obese, study suggests, University of Cambridge)

“Something was said about it, I remember,” said Catherine, looking at Mrs. Allen for her opinion; “but really I did not expect you.”

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

It was a primitive mode of reasoning and of looking at things that he understood thoroughly.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

His father said: Hansel, what are you looking at there and staying behind for?

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)