Look through meaning in English

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Definition

to look through (the files): to look at, to browse (the files) verb

Examples

  • "Let me just look through my diary again to see if there are any possibilities..."
  • "In the meantime, I will be looking through another agency."
  • "If you send him an email with your requirements and preferences, he'll look through all the properties he has on his books and select the ones most suited to your needs."
Exercise 1
Brian "looks through" his diary while leaving a message for Charlie.

Which of the following things can be "looked through"?

There may be more than one correct answer!
Brian "looks through" his diary while leaving a message for Charlie.

Which of the following things can be "looked through"?

There may be more than one correct answer!
A film cannot be "looked through". In general, we don't use the verb "to look" with films or television. It is much more natural to say "to watch". For example: "I watched an interesting documentary on television last night".
It is impossible "to look through" a word in a dictionary. However it is possible "to look through" a dictionary or "to look up" a word in a dictionary. "To look up" means to search for and find, usually in some sort of reference book. For example: "I looked up her number in the telephone directory".
"To look through" a window has the same meaning as "to look out of" a window. For example: "My neighbours keep looking through the window at me".
"To look through" a magazine means to read a magazine in a casual way. For example: "I looked through a magazine to pass the time in the doctor's waiting room".

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