look on


verb(intr)
  1. (adverb) to be a spectator at an event or incident

  2. Also: look upon (preposition) to consider or regard: she looked on the whole affair as a joke; he looks on his mother-in-law with disapproval

Derived forms of look on

  • looker-on, noun

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look on

Also, look upon. Regard in a certain way, as in I looked on him as a second father, or We looked upon her as a worthy successor. [Early 1600s]

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