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PRONUNCIATION OF ONLOOKING

onlooking  [ˈɒnlʊkɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ONLOOKING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Onlooking is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ONLOOKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of onlooking in the English dictionary

The definition of onlooking in the dictionary is observing without taking part; witnessing.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ONLOOKING


backward-looking
ˈbækwədˌlʊkɪŋ
booking
ˈbʊkɪŋ
choking
ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ
cooking
ˈkʊkɪŋ
distinguished-looking
dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃtˌlʊkɪŋ
forward-looking
ˌfɔːwədˈlʊkɪŋ
inward-looking
ˈɪnwədˌlʊkɪŋ
joking
ˈdʒəʊkɪŋ
odd-looking
ˈɒdlʊkɪŋ
old-looking
ˈəʊldˌlʊkɪŋ
outward-looking
ˈaʊtwəd lʊkɪŋ
provoking
prəˈvəʊkɪŋ
queer-looking
ˈkwɪəˌlʊkɪŋ
shabby-looking
ˈʃæbɪˌlʊkɪŋ
shifty-looking
ˈʃɪftɪˌlʊkɪŋ
smoking
ˈsməʊkɪŋ
soaking
ˈsəʊkɪŋ
thought-provoking
ˈθɔːtprəvəʊkɪŋ
Woking
ˈwəʊkɪŋ
young-looking
ˈjʌŋˌlʊkɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ONLOOKING

oniscoid
Onitsha
onium compound
onium salt
onkus
onlay
online
onliner
onload
onlooker
only
only child
only if
only too
only-begotten
onocentaur
onomasiology
onomastic
onomastically
onomastician

WORDS THAT END LIKE ONLOOKING

anti-smoking
antismoking
banking
beard-stroking
block booking
breaking
capacity booking
e-booking
good-looking
half-joking
home cooking
mallemaroking
nice-looking
noncoking
nonsmoking
overbooking
passive smoking
pawnbroking
stockbroking
yoking

Synonyms and antonyms of onlooking in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «onlooking» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ONLOOKING

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Translator English - Chinese

旁观
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

onlooking
570 millions of speakers

English

onlooking
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

onlooking
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المتطلعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

наблюдающей
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

onlooking
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কার্যদর্শী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spectatrice
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melihat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zuschau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

傍観している
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지켜보고 있던
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggoleki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

onlooking
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

onlooking
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाहत आहे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

izleyen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

osservavano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

onlooking
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

наблюдающей
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

onlooking
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

onlooking
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onlooking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

onlooking
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

onlooking
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of onlooking

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ONLOOKING»

The term «onlooking» is regularly used and occupies the 80.316 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ONLOOKING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about onlooking

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ONLOOKING»

Discover the use of onlooking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to onlooking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Children in Play, Story, and School
Reticent Behavior The third cluster of solitary behaviors, "reticence," may be identified by the frequent production of prolonged watching of other children without accompanying play (onlooking) or being unoccupied (Asendorpf, 1991; Coplan ...
Artin G?nc?, Elisa Klein, 2001
2
Young Children's Dyadic Pretend Play: A Communication ...
Onlooking refers to situations where one of the players simply observes the other at play. It is a passive participation by the fact that theonlooker does not engage in play, but nevertheless, allocates his attention to the other's play actions.
Ursula Verena Schwartz, 1991
3
Section 1983 Litigation: Claims and Defenses
The Seventh Circuit observed that under the Supreme Court's decisions in Daniels and Davidson, discussed in § 3.06, the defendant onlooking officer may not be held liable for negligently “failing to perceive that the other officers were ...
Martin A. Schwartz, John E. Kirklin, 1997
4
The Analysis of Change
This analysis suggests that infants rarely proceeded directly from an Unengaged to a Joint engagement state (the adjusted residual is —3.96), instead infants moved first from Unengaged to Onlooking (z I 3.48) and then from Onlooking to Joint ...
John Mordechai Gottman, 2013
5
Behavior Analysis for Effective Teaching
Public punishment with a raised voice or angry tone has a “ripple effect” on onlooking students. Harmful Efiects of Punishment on the Behavior of Onlooking Students Punishing one student often affects other students who observe the ...
Julie S. Vargas, 2012
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Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions in Educational Settings: ...
Still, this cycle of coercion occurs within a larger socialecological framework: The bullying child's aggression is also reinforced by the increased prestige and respect it garners from onlooking peers (Rodkin, 2004), and by the sense of power ...
Rosemary B. Mennuti, Ray W. Christner, Arthur Freeman, 2013
7
Walter Benjamin, an Aesthetic of Redemption
... those who enter "fleeing" takes from this its hidden meaning. Our reading of this formula is imbued with the expectation of a place, a light, a footlight glare, in which our flight through life may be likewise sheltered in the presence of onlooking ...
Richard Wolin, 1994
8
Concentrationary Cinema: Aesthetics as Political Resistance ...
Through its extensive use of Nazi photographs and footage, some of which feature observation devices or onlooking guards, the film builds up a portrait of what might be termed the 'concentrationary gaze', a scopic regime that sustains the ...
Griselda Pollock, Max Silverman, 2012
9
Parents Matter: Supporting the Birth to Three Matters Framework
There were also periods of non-interactive, solo parental activity that we labelled ' onlooking'. Onlooking parents observed their children who were independently attending to something else. Three-quarters of these onlooking episodes were ...
Lesley Abbott, Ann Langston, 2006
10
Becoming an Agent: Patterns and Dynamics for Shaping Your Life
Feeble enactment is apt to impoverish onlooking (at least as regards actualizing goods) just as feeble onlooking might impoverish enactment. A sense of agency cannot be contrasted with a spectator role for agency (in the sense of authorship)  ...
Larry Cochran, Joan Laub, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ONLOOKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term onlooking is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Billy Joe Saunders stops Frenchman Yoann Bloyer in title fight warm …
Billy Joe Saunders sent a message to onlooking WBO World Middleweight champion Irishman Andy Lee with a fourth round stoppage of ... «Times 24, Jul 15»
2
Flint wins the Battenkill Grand Prix
Amanda Starbuck, of Ridgefield, FL, and Carte Blanche, owned by Starbuck Equestrian, guaranteed the onlooking crowd a jump-off with ... «Deerfield Valley News, Jul 15»
3
Hundreds enjoy "brilliant" day at Ingleton Gala
... School on the route to the sports field as Gala Queen Shauna Danskin and her retinue waved to the onlooking crowds from their beautifully decorated trailer. «Craven Herald, Jul 15»
4
Splash of colour illuminates Blackburn as first colour run comes to …
... Sutton Street, the event saw runners from all over East Lancashire showered with multi-hued powders as they passed the onlooking crowds. «Lancashire Telegraph, Jul 15»
5
Danny Brown slams Lovebox as 'worst, most unprofessional festival'
Brown claims to have witness an incident in which a festival-goer had their wristband stolen by thieves, and that onlooking security did nothing ... «Gigwise, Jul 15»
6
KKK, Black Panthers clash at South Carolina state house
KKK members chanted and shouted at an onlooking crowd, but made no speeches, the paper said. People in the crowd yelled obscenities at ... «9news.com.au, Jul 15»
7
Boom-or-bust education entrepreneurs are courting hope and risk …
At the Kauffman Foundation's entrepreneurship conference, the onlooking hopefuls heard panelists promise rapid changes possible in ... «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»
8
Plane Stupid: return of the snobs
... still standing in the middle of a runway and saying to the onlooking public, their holidays and business jaunts on hold, 'We're better than you, ... «Spiked, Jul 15»
9
Recruitment picking up steam for Greenfield-Central player
The continuing development of his overall game has swayed onlooking recruiters as well. Already an established scorer, Hall averaged 15.6 ... «Greenfield Daily Reporter, Jul 15»
10
Economic Integration in the Gulf Cooperation Council: Lessons from …
However, as they gradually increase the ties between their own economies, the onlooking Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries must be ... «RUSI Analysis, Jul 15»

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