Meaning

3 senses
  1. To think of (past events) in retrospect (in hindsight).

    Near-synonyms: recollect, recall, remember

    When I look back at my summer holidays as a child, I smile.

    zurückschauen, zurückblicken

    огля́дыватьсяogljádyvatʹsja, огляну́тьсяogljanútʹsja

  2. (intransitive)To reconsider or regret.

    You do what you have to do, and don't look back.

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, back.

    zurückschauen, zurückblicken, nach hinten blicken

    огля́дыватьсяogljádyvatʹsja, огляну́тьсяogljanútʹsja

    look towards one's back

Examples

274 sentences
  1. Tom looked back and smiled at Mary.

    Том озирнувся і посміхнувся Мері.

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  2. Don't look back.

    Не озирайся.

    ruНе оглядывайся.

    deGucken Sie nicht zurück.

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  3. Look who's back.

    Дивись, хто повернувся.

    ruСмотри, кто вернулся.

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  4. Tom didn't look back.

    Том не озирнувся.

    ruТом не оглянулся.

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  5. Tom did not look back.

    Том не озирнувся.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
reminisce about the past:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
reminisce about the past:
look behind oneself:

Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personslooked back

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill look back

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedlook-back

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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