Looking
//ˈlʊkɪŋ// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of one who looks; a glance.
"A complicated interplay of lookings and viewings is in play. The staging and performance of the photograph, then, is as much the subject of the photograph as the ostensible subjects […]"
- 2 the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look wordnet
- 3 the act of searching visually wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of look form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 2 as the last part of compound adjectives: relating to or having the appearance of.
"dorky-looking"
Adjective
- 1 appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms wordnet
Example
More examples""This is what I was looking for!" he exclaimed."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English lokynge, from earlier lokinde, lokende, from Old English lōciende, present participle of Old English lōcian (“to look”), equivalent to look + -ing.
Etymology 2
From Middle English lokynge, lokinge, from Old English lōcung (attested in Old English þurhlōcung), equivalent to look + -ing.
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