Look around definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

If you look around or look round a building or place, you walk round it and look at the different parts of it. We went to look round the show homes. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Buildyourvocabulary Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese EnglishDictionarySentencesGrammar Definitionof 'lookaround'    Share× Credits× lookaround regionalnote: inBRIT,alsouselookroundphrasalverb Ifyoulookaroundorlookroundabuildingorplace,youwalkrounditandlookatthedifferentpartsofit. Wewenttolookroundtheshowhomes.[VERBPARTICLEnoun] I'mgoingtolookaroundandseewhatIcanfind.[VERBPARTICLE] SeefulldictionaryentryforlookCollinsCOBUILDAdvancedLearner’sDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'lookaround' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'Hevelius' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps Examplesof'lookaround'inasentence lookaround ExamplesentencesfromtheCollinsCorpus TheseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontentthatdoesnotreflecttheopinionsorpoliciesofCollins,oritsparentcompanyHarperCollins. Wewelcomefeedback:reportanexamplesentencetotheCollinsteam.Readmore… Ifyouarereadingthisduringyourmorningcommute,lookaroundthecarriage.Times,SundayTimes(2012) Ifyoulookaroundwehavegotsomeveryattackingplayers.Times,SundayTimes(2016) Lookaroundandyoucanseeotherplanetsandstarsinthegalaxy.TheSun(2016) Lookaroundyou:nobodyhasstoppedcaringaboutwhattheywear-aucontraire.Times,SundayTimes(2009) Lucktakesyoutolookaroundanunusualhouse.TheSun(2006) Polmaynewasastopgap,asteppingstone,aplaceinwhichtositbackandlookaround beforestartingafresh.PhilipMarsdenTHEMAINCAGES(2003) Theworkersarestrictlyprohibitedfromraisingtheirheadstolookaround.TheSun(2011) Wemoveonfoottosomehighergroundandlookaround.Times,SundayTimes(2016) Well,thisyearIwasproudtolookaroundtheoldairfieldandthinkitwasourhome race.TheSun(2013) Youshouldlookaroundforachicjackettohavetohandincasethedayturnschilly.Times,SundayTimes(2008) ExamplesentencesfromCollinsdictionaries tolookaroundinbewilderment Browsealphabetically lookaround lookahead lookalive! lookanxiously lookaround lookasifbutterwouldnotmeltinone'smouth lookasifbutterwouldn'tmeltinone'smouth lookaskance AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'L' Source DefinitionoflookaroundfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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