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beholding
[bih-hohld] 
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behold
[bih-hohld]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | regard; look at |
| Synonyms: | catch, consider, contemplate, descry, discern, distinguish, earmark, eye, eyeball, feast one's eyes, flash*, lay eyes on, note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, scan, see, spot, spy, survey, view, watch, witness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discern |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | catch sight of; recognize and understand |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, apprehend, ascertain, behold, descry, detect, determine, difference, differentiate, discover, discrepate, discriminate, distinguish, divine, espy, extricate, figure out, find out, focus, foresee, get a load of, get the picture, get wise to, judge, know, make distinction, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, pick out, read, remark, rubberneck, secern, see the light, see through, separate, severalize, spot, take in, view |
| Antonyms: | disregard, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | envisage/envision |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | picture in one's mind |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, behold, conceive, conceptualize, contemplate, externalize, fancy, feature, foresee, form mental picture of, grasp, have a picture of, image, imagine, look upon, materialize, objectify, predict, realize, regard, see, survey, think up, view, view in mind's eye, vision, visualize |
| Main Entry: | look |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | visual examination |
| Synonyms: | attention, beholding, case, cast, contemplation, evil eye, eye*, flash, gander, gaze, glance, glimpse, gun, inspection, introspection, keeping watch, leer, look-see, marking, noticing, observation, once-over, peek, reconnaissance, regard, regarding, review, scrutiny, sight, slant, speculation, squint, stare, surveillance, survey, swivel, view, viewing |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | look |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine visually |
| Synonyms: | admire, attend, behold, beware, consider, contemplate, eye, feast one's eyes, flash, focus, gape, gawk, gaze, get a load of, glance, glower, goggle, heed, inspect, mark, mind, note, notice, observe, ogle, peep, peer, pore over, read, regard, rubberneck, scan, scout, scrutinize, see, spot, spy, stare, study, survey, take a gander, take in the sights, tend, view, watch |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore, miss, overlook |
| Main Entry: | mark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | see, notice |
| Synonyms: | attend, behold, chronicle, discern, distinguish, eye, hearken, mind, note, observe, pay attention, pay heed, perceive, regard, register, remark, take notice of, view, watch, write down |
| Main Entry: | mind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attend, tend |
| Synonyms: | baby-sit, be attentive, behold, care for, discern, discipline, ensure, give heed to, govern, guard, have charge of, keep an eye on, listen up, look, make certain, mark, mind the store, note, notice, observe, oversee, perceive, regard, ride herd on, see, sit, superintend, supervise, watch |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | observe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | see, notice |
| Synonyms: | beam, behold, catch, contemplate, detect, dig, discern, discover, distinguish, eagle-eye, espy, examine, eyeball, flash*, get a load of, get an eyeful of, inspect, keep one's eye on, lamp, look at, make out, mark, mind, monitor, note, pay attention to, perceive, pick up on, read, recognize, regard, scrutinize, spot, spy, study, survey, take in*, view, watch, witness |
| Antonyms: | ignore, miss, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | notice, see |
| Synonyms: | apperceive, apprehend, be aware of, behold, descry, discern, discover, distinguish, divine, espy, feel, grasp, identify, look, make out, mark, mind, note, observe, realize, recognize, regard, remark, seize, sense, spot, spy, take |
| Antonyms: | miss, neglect, overlook |
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