onlooking

on·look·ing

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [on-loo k-ing, awn-]
- /ˈɒnˌlʊk ɪŋ, ˈɔn-/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [on-loo k-ing, awn-]
- /ˈɒnˌlʊk ɪŋ, ˈɔn-/

Definitions of onlooking word

adjective onlooking looking on; observing; perceiving. 1
adjective onlooking looking onward or foreboding. 1
noun onlooking That is looking on; watching, observing. 1

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Origin of onlooking

First appearance:

before 1655

One of the 46% oldest English words

1655-65; on + looking, after verb phrase look on

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Parts of speech for Onlooking

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Onlooking

onlooking popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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