look on

Definition of Look On in English :

1. look on, watch

observe with attention

Example Sentences:
'They watched as the murderer was executed'

look on as or consider

Example Sentences:
'she looked on this affair as a joke'
'He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician'
'He is reputed to be intelligent'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Look On

verb (intransitive)

1. (adverb)

to be a spectator at an event or incident

2. Also: look upon (preposition)

to consider or regard

she looked on the whole affair as a joke

he looks on his mother-in-law with disapproval

1.

to be an observer or spectator

2.

to consider; regard (as)

they looked on her as a born leader