Meaning

5 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To inspect a building or area.

    We're interested in buying this house. Can we look around tomorrow?

    sich umsehen, sich umschauen, umherblicken

    осма́триватьсяosmátrivatʹsja, осмотре́тьсяosmotrétʹsja, огля́дыватьсяogljádyvatʹsja

    озира́тисяozyrátysja, озирну́тисяozyrnútysja, огляда́тисяohljadátysja

  2. (idiomatic)To search a place.

    I can't find my keys, so I'll look around.

  3. (intransitive)To turn one's head to see what is behind oneself.

    He heard a voice and looked around to see a man wearing dark clothes.

  4. (idiomatic)To take note of the situation; to make oneself aware.

  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, around.

More definitions
  • look about oneself

Examples

507 sentences
  1. Tom opened his eyes and looked around.

    Том відкрив свої очі і озирнувся навколо. — Anjy

    ruТом открыл глаза и огляделся. — soweli_Elepanto

  2. I'm just looking around.

    Я лише оглядаюся довкола. — deniko

    ruЯ просто осматриваюсь. — Olya

    deIch schaue nur. — MUIRIEL

  3. I looked around me.

    Я подивився навколо. — deniko

    ruЯ огляделся. — afyodor

    deIch schaute mich um. — xtofu80

  4. Take a look around.

    Озирнися навколо. — deniko

    ruОглянись вокруг. — odexed

  5. He looked around.

    Він оглянувся. — bicolino34

    ruОн огляделся. — Hellerick

    deEr schaute sich um. — mrtaistoi

Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to inspect a building or area:
Русский
By meaning 1
to inspect a building or area:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to inspect a building or area:

Forms

looks around, looking around, looked around, looked around
Base formlook around · to look around
3rd person singularlooks around
Present participlelooking around
Past simplelooked around
Past participlelooked around

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylook around
he, she, itlooks around

Past simpleLesson

all personslooked around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave looked around
he, she, ithas looked around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill look around

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Word family

1 related words
Derivedlookaround

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
look around — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto