verb · irregular · transitive · rare

behold

behold · beholds · beheld · beholding

дивитися, подивитися, виглядати

смотреть, увидеть, взглянуть, глядеть

sehen, schauen, ansehen, anschauen

To look at or see, especially appreciativelyTo look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.

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UK/bɪˈhəʊld/US/bɪˈhoʊld/

» It was a sight to behold.

Это было великое зрелище.

Это было то ещё зрелище.

Meaning

3 senses

(transitive)To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
betrachten, sehen, schauen
смотре́тьsmotrétʹ, гляде́тьgljadétʹ, увидетьuvidetʹ
see with attention
(transitive)To contemplate (someone or something).
(intransitive)To look.
Lo and behold.

Examples

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It was a sight to behold.
ruЭто было великое зрелище.
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It was a wonder to behold.
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It was truly a sight to behold.
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It was a pretty sight to behold.
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Carlos's herd was a sight to behold.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to see, to look at:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to see, to look at:

Origin

From Middle English biholden, from Old English behealdan (“to hold, possess, preserve, bel

From Middle English biholden, from Old English behealdan (“to hold, possess, preserve, belong, keep, observe, look at, take care, beware, be cautious, restrain, act, behave”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaldan (“to hold with, keep”), equivalent to be- + hold. Cognate with Saterland Frisian behoolde (“to keep”), Dutch behouden (“to keep, restrain, preserve”), German behalten (“to keep, restrain, remember”), Danish and Norwegian beholde (“to keep”) and Swedish behålla (“to keep”).

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