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Meaning of "looker-on" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOOKER-ON

looker-on  [ˌlʊkərˈɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOOKER-ON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Looker-On is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LOOKER-ON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of looker-on in the English dictionary

The definition of looker-on in the dictionary is a person who looks on; a bystander.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOOKER-ON


always-on
ˌɔːlweɪzˈɒn
hereon
ˌhɪərˈɒn
right-on
ˌraɪtˈɒn
side-on
ˌsaɪdˈɒn
thereon
ˌðɛərˈɒn
tortillon
ˌtɔːtiːˈɒn
walker-on
ˈwɔːkərˈɒn
whereon
wɛərˈɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOOKER-ON

look someone in the face
look through
look to one´s laurels
look up
look-in
look-see
look-up
lookalike
lookdown
looked-after
looked-for
looker
lookie-likie
looking glass
looking-glass
lookism
lookist
lookout
lookout post
looks

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOOKER-ON

add-on
carry-on
clip-on
come-on
follow-on
hands-on
hanger-on
hard-on
head-on
kid-on
put-on
roll-on
run-on
slip-on
snap-on
spot-on
spray-on
try-on
turn-on
walk-on

Synonyms and antonyms of looker-on in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «looker-on» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOOKER-ON

Find out the translation of looker-on to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of looker-on from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «looker-on» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

旁观者对
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mirón
570 millions of speakers

English

looker-on
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

देखनेवाला पर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

- المشاهد على
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зритель на
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

espectador -on
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুন্দরী অন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spectateur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peninjau
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hingucker -on
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

見物人オン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미인 - 에
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Looker-on
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khán giả đang xem
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

looker மீது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रेक्षक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

seyirci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

looker -on
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kibic na
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

глядач на
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- privitor la
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θεατής -on
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

toeschouwer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

looker -on
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

looker -on
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of looker-on

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOOKER-ON»

The term «looker-on» is normally little used and occupies the 124.665 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOOKER-ON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «looker-on» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «looker-on» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about looker-on

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOOKER-ON»

Discover the use of looker-on in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to looker-on and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Looker on in London
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Mary Hannah Krout, 2010
2
A Beetle on His Back, by a Looker-on [E P Barrow]
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Edwin Pinder Barrow, 2011
3
The Diary of a Looker-On...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Charles Lewis Hind, 2012
4
The Looker-on: a periodical paper, by the rev. Simon ...
THE LOOKER-ON. B Y The Rev. SIMON OLIVE-BRANCH, A.M. NUMBER VII. Saturday, March the 31st, 1792. To be continued every Tut/day and Saturday. " Plat tvidtnt eculi quam oatlus." " Many eyes fee more than one." "' " " ' n" '' 1 " * 1 "> -i- ...
William Roberts, 1792
5
Feminisms: An Anthology of Literary Theory and Criticism
"THE. SITUATION. OF. THE. LOOKER-ON". gender,. narration,. and. gaze. in. wuthering. heights. (1990). [T]he phenomena that compose the fictive universe are never presented to us "in themselves" but from a certain perspective a certain  ...
Robyn R. Warhol, Diane Price Herndl, 1997
6
Women's Rights As Preached by Women Past and Present, by a ...
This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com).
Women, 2010
7
The Whirligig of Time: Margaret Oliphant in Her Later Years
Two series of articles by Margaret Oliphant, "The Old Saloon" and "The Looker- on", constitute a representative selection of her range and include book reviews, literary criticism, biography and autobiography, historical sketches, obituaries etc. , ...
Judith van Oosterom-Pooley, 2010
8
Women's Rights As Preached by Women Past and Present
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
A Looker On, 2010
9
Wuthering Heights
... that people in these regions acquire over people in towns the value that a spider in a dungeon does over a spider in a cottage, to their various occupants; and yet the deepened attraction is not en- tirely owing to the situation of the looker-on.
Emily Brontë, 2007
10
George Inness and the Science of Landscape
The viewer, Jarves concluded, “becomes an integral part of the landscape. In the other paintings he is a mere looker-on, who, after the surprise or novelty is gone, coolly or impatiently criticizes the view.”103 As did Durand, who insisted that the  ...
Rachael Ziady DeLue, 2008

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOOKER-ON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term looker-on is used in the context of the following news items.
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​Meet Shinie Antony, Chetan Bhagat's editor and cofounder of the …
"Perhaps I wrote my previous stories as a looker-on, a commentator, in reportage," Antony told ET. "But loss sees through all this. Feelings do ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
2
CAT 2015: Get ready to face tricky Questions on genders & Plurals …
For example- Passer by – Passers by; Looker-on – Lookers on; Commander in Chief-Commanders in chief. -No change. Some nouns have ... «MBAUniverse.com, Jul 15»
3
Young Jews Through A Russian-Speaking Lens
... short stories she read at the event, displayed the knowledge and familiarity of the insider with the detachment and objectivity of the looker-on. «The Jewish Week, Jan 15»
4
the pride of the zoo
"A looker-on" wrote to The Evening Post in 1908 suggesting someone had to get "a sympathetic and loving companion for that poor creature ... «The Dominion Post, Nov 14»
5
A looker-on's life through the lens
A looker-on's life through the lens. Email; Printer friendly version; Normal font; Large font. "She taught me how to work with people" ... Regis ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 08»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Looker-On [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/looker-on>. May 2024 ».
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