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# looker

noun (lookers; lookers-on)

«looker» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A looker is a person who watches something without taking part; a looker-on is the same. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/looker/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, the crowd who watch a hero's deed but do not join in

### Examples

- The lookers cheered when the boy won the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/looker/#x1)
- Lookers-on stood at the edge of the square. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/looker/#x2)
- Only the lookers waited to see what would happen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/looker/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; a count of lookers counts the people watching, not those taking part.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «looker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/looker/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«looker» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/looker.html) on Mova free.