relook

verb

re·​look (ˌ)rē-ˈlu̇k How to pronounce relook (audio)
relooked; relooking

intransitive verb

: to look again
relooked at the map
After receiving some complaints, they decided to relook at the issue.
"… For me, art allows you to relook at everything, to question the way you think and why you think things in a certain way …"Mario Testino

Examples of relook in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web As a helpful list of what to do on an ongoing basis, consider these key points: · Periodically, make sure to relook at how ops and the AI engineering teams are doing in terms of working jointly and friendly so. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2021 Nothing so fundamentally—so fundamental to relook at this again or the hindsight of several generations. IEEE Spectrum, 8 Apr. 2021 So for me, Covid and having to relook at everything was an opportunity. Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ, 8 May 2022 His works are provocative and a reminder to his viewers to relook histories with fresh eyes. Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022 Thus, government should relook at the implementation and strategically target the tax instead of the blanket e-levy on digital payment. Pk Senyo, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2021 With that said, now is a great opportunity to relook at our homes and create some harmony with the use of feng shui, the Chinese system of laws aimed at directing the flow of energy. Jean Chen Smith, The Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1779, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of relook was in 1779

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“Relook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relook. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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