look back

as inrecall
as inregret
as inremember
as inreminisce
as incall to mind

Synonyms for look back

verb remember

Antonyms for look back

Word Origin & History

Old English locian "use the eyes for seeing, gaze, look, behold, spy," from West Germanic *lokjan (cf. Old Saxon lokon "see, look, spy," Middle Dutch loeken "to look," Old High German luogen, German dialectal lugen "to look out"), of unknown origin, perhaps cognate with Breton lagud "eye." In Old English, usually with on; the use of at began 14c. Meaning "seek, search out" is c.1300; meaning "to have a certain appearance" is from c.1400. Of objects, "to face in a certain direction," late 14c.

Look after "take care of" is from late 14c., earlier "to seek" (c.1300), "to look toward" (c.1200). Look into "investigate" is from 1580s; look up "research in books or papers" is from 1690s. To look down upon in the figurative sense is from 1711; to look down one's nose is from 1921. To look forward "anticipate" is c.1600; meaning "anticipate with pleasure" is mid-19c. To not look back "make no pauses" is colloquial, first attested 1893. In look sharp (1711) sharp originally was an adverb, "sharply."

Example Sentences for look back

You began to look back to the old stories about the Lannings—a wild crew of men.

At thirty a man should look back with tenderness, forward with hope.

When I look back on it all, seems to me as if we was out o' our heads most o' the time.

At times it almost makes me mad to look back—and yet you do not trust me.

He did not look back, but he was sure that they stared at him as long as he was in sight.

Instinctively she put her head out of the window to look back at them.

But at the door she paused to look back dubiously, over her shoulder.

As I look back upon them, I wonder that we got any sleep at all after some of her recitals.

I look back now with emotion on that astonishing experiment.

When I look back I ask myself—was I not as blind as she, in truth?

look back

Synonyms for look back

Antonyms for look back

recall

recalling

regret

regrets

regretted

look back

Synonyms for look back

Antonyms for look back

More words related to look back

call to mind

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recalling

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regrets

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