look around

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action d'examiner ou d'explorer son environnement, ou de chercher quelque chose dans un lieu.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of examining or exploring one's surroundings, or searching for something in a place.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Explore or examine a placeinformal

   To walk around a place to see what is there, often without a specific purpose.

   Explorer ou examiner un lieu

   • We spent the afternoon looking around the old town.
   • She looked around the shop but didn't buy anything.
   • I like to look around museums when I travel.

   Synonymesbrowseexploreperusereconnoiterroamscoutsurveywander

   Antonymesignoreneglectoverlook

2. Search for somethinginformal

   To try to find something by looking in various places.

   chercher (en regardant)

   • He looked around for his keys but couldn't find them.
   • She looked around the room for a seat.
   • They looked around the house for the missing cat.

   Synonymesbrowsecombexplorehuntrummagescoursearchseek

Verbe de baselook