look at sth
— phrasal verb with look uk/lʊk/us/lʊk/verb
(THINK)
B2 to think about a subject carefully so that you can make a decision about it:
Management is looking at ways of cutting costs.
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- We're looking at the feasibility of building a shopping centre there.
- In this exercise, a word is blanked out and you have to guess what it is by looking at the context.
- We looked at the job applications in two batches.
- "Have you decided what to do?" "No, I'm still looking at the various possibilities."
- I'm going to spend some time looking at my options before I decide to apply for the job.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Thinking and contemplating
- -ly
- agonize over/about sth
- chew
- chew sth over
- chew the cud idiom
- chew your cud idiom
- depth
- joined-up thinking
- lateral thinking
- let me see/let's see idiom
- let's see idiom
- puzzle
- rack
- reflect
- take sth into account idiom
- the thought crosses sb's mind idiom
- think sth out
- think sth over
- think sth through
- worry
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(HAVE OPINION)
to consider something in a particular way:
If I'd had children I might have looked at things differently.
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- It all depends on how you look at it.
- She's always looked at life through rose-tinted glasses.
- We agreed to look afresh at her original proposal.
- I'd like to look at this question in some depth.
- I realized I was looking at the problem from the wrong angle.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Analysing and evaluating
- analyse
- analyser
- analyst
- analytical
- analyze
- critical
- go through sth
- have the measure of sb/sth idiom
- inspect
- inspection
- interpretive
- measure
- proof
- sell sb/yourself/sth short idiom
- set great, little, etc. store by sth idiom
- sift
- sit
- sit in judgment on/over sb idiom
- size sth/sb up
- survey
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(READ)
B2 to read something in order to check it or form an opinion about it:
Can you look at my essay sometime?
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- I looked at the sales figures.
- Can you look at these figures?
- I need to look at the weather forecast.
- Can you look at my spelling, please?
- She asked me to look at her letter to see if it was forceful enough.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reading
- cross-reference
- deconstruct
- deconstruction
- devour
- dyslexia
- flip
- hermeneutic
- leaf through sth
- read sth over/through
- readable
- reader
- readership
- reading
- reading knowledge
- reference
- riffle
- run your eye over sth idiom
- skim
- thumb
- thumb through sth
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(EXAMINE)
B2 If someone, usually an expert, looks at something, they examine it:
Did you get the doctor to look at your knee?
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- I asked the doctor to look at the rash.
- We'll need to get an engineer to look at the bridge.
- We can ask an accountant to look at the tax implications.
- A neurologist will be looking at the scans.
- Barry has agreed to look at the noise in my car.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Analysing and evaluating
- analyse
- analyser
- analyst
- analytical
- analyze
- critical
- go through sth
- have the measure of sb/sth idiom
- inspect
- inspection
- interpretive
- measure
- proof
- sell sb/yourself/sth short idiom
- set great, little, etc. store by sth idiom
- sift
- sit
- sit in judgment on/over sb idiom
- size sth/sb up
- survey
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