behold
To look at or see, especially appreciativelyTo look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
» 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
54 sentencesIt was a sight to behold.
ruЭто было великое зрелище. — Ooneykcall
It was a wonder to behold.
It was truly a sight to behold.
It was a pretty sight to behold.
Carlos's herd was a sight to behold.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English biholden, from Old English behealdan (“to hold, possess, preserve, belFrom 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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Forms
beholds, beholding, beheld, beheldSynonyms
14 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle