Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To check quickly; to make a brief or cursory visual inspection of.

    просма́триватьprosmátrivatʹ, просмотре́тьprosmotrétʹ

    перегляда́тиperehljadáty, перегля́нутиperehljánuty

  2. (ditransitive)To move (one's eyes) so as to inspect or take in (someone or something).

    He looked his eyes over the shabbily-dressed man.

  3. (transitive)To quickly read or (especially) proofread; to quickly scan text, especially while checking for errors.

  4. (transitive)Synonym of overlook, to survey, to look at as if from on high.

Examples

253 sentences
  1. Tom was looking all over for you.

    Том тебе скрізь шукав.

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  2. I'd like you to look over these documents.

    Я б хотіла, щоб ви переглянув ці документи.

    ruЯ бы хотел, чтобы ты просмотрел эти документы.

    deIch würde mich freuen, wenn Sie sich einmal diese Dokumente ansehen könnten.

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  3. We've been looking all over for you, Tom.

    Ми скрізь тебе шукали, Томе.

    ruМы везде тебя ищем, Том.

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  4. Hey, look over there.

    Гей, подивись-но сюди.

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  5. He looked over my report.

    Він продивився мій звіт.

    ruОн просмотрел мой доклад.

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Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to scan-read and check:
Русский
By meaning 1
to scan-read and check:

Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personslooked over

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill look over

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
overlookB2to surveyto look at as if from on high

Word family

1 related words
Derivedlookover

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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