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– look at – watch1. 'see'
When you see something, you are aware of it through your eyes, or you notice it.
We saw black smoke coming from the building.
I waved, but nobody saw me.
See see
2. 'look at'
When you look at something, you direct your eyes towards it.
He looked at the food on his plate.
People looked at her in astonishment.
See look
3. 'watch'
When you watch something, you pay attention to it using your eyes, because you are interested in what it is doing, or in what may happen.
We watched the sunset.
They just stood and watched while she carried all the bags inside.
4. entertainment and sport
Both see and watch are used when you are talking about entertainment or sport.
When you go to the theatre or cinema, you say that you see a play or film.
I saw that movie when I was a child.
We saw him in 'Hamlet'.
Don't say that someone 'looks at' a play or film. Don't say, for example 'I looked at that movie'.
You say that someone watches television. You can say that someone watches or sees a particular programme.
He spends hours watching television.
He watched a rugby match on television.
I saw his speech on the news.
Similarly, you say that someone watches a sport such as football, but you can say that they watch or see a particular match.
More people are watching cricket than ever before.
Did you watch the game last night?
Millions of people saw the World Cup Final.
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| Verb | 1. | look at - take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" contemplate - consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job" trifle, dally, play - consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" think about - have on one's mind, think about actively; "I'm thinking about my friends abroad"; "She always thinks about her children first" abstract - consider apart from a particular case or instance; "Let's abstract away from this particular example" warm to - become excited about; "He warmed to the idea of a trip to Antarctica" |
| 2. | look at - look at carefully; study mentally; "view a problem" analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas - consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" contemplate - look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought; "contemplate one's navel" groak - look or stare at longingly; "The dog his master who was eating a sausage" |
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Translations
prolétnout
se på
katsoa
prolistati
･･･をよく見る
고찰하다
se på
ดูที่
đọc sơ
w>look at
vi +prep obj
(= observe) person, object → ansehen, anschauen (dial), → angucken (inf); just look at him! → sieh etc dir den mal an!; look at the time, I’d better go! → so spät ist es schon, ich muss los!; he looked at his watch → er sah etc auf die Uhr; look at the blackboard → schau(t) an or auf die Tafel; don’t look directly at the sun → sehen etc Sie nicht direkt in die Sonne; I can’t look at him without feeling … → wenn ich ihn ansehe etc, habe ich immer das Gefühl, dass …; he/it isn’t much to look at (= not attractive) → er/es sieht nicht besonders (gut) aus; (= nothing special) → er/es sieht nach nichts aus; to look at him … → wenn man ihn sieht …
(= examine) → sich (dat) → ansehen or -schauen (dial) → or -gucken (inf); offer → prüfen; we’ll have to look at the financial aspect → wir müssen die finanzielle Seite betrachten; has the manuscript been looked at yet? → ist das Manuskript schon durchgesehen worden?
(= view) → betrachten, sehen; they look at life in a different way → sie haben eine andere Einstellung zum Leben, sie sehen das Leben von einer anderen Warte aus
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look at
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