| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Informal. A person whose work is investigating crimes or obtaining hidden evidence or information: detective, investigator, sleuth. Slang : dick, gumshoe. See INVESTIGATE. 2. Skill in perceiving, discriminating, or judging: acumen, astuteness, clear-sightedness, discernment, discrimination, keenness, nose, penetration, perceptiveness, percipience, percipiency, perspicacity, sagacity, sageness, shrewdness, wit. See ABILITY, CAREFUL. 3. An organ of vision: orb. See SEE. 4. A length of line folded over and joined at the ends so as to form a curve or circle: loop, ring1. See STRAIGHT. 5. The position from which something is observed or considered: angle2, outlook, point of view, slant, standpoint, vantage, viewpoint. See PERSPECTIVE. 6. The most intensely active central part: midst, thick. See EDGE. 7. The faculty of seeing: eyesight, seeing, sight, vision. Archaic : light1. See SEE. | | VERB: | 1. To look intently and fixedly: gape, gawk, gaze, goggle, ogle, peer1, stare. Idioms: gaze open-mouthed, rivet the eyes on. See SEE. 2. To direct the eyes on an object: consider, contemplate, look, view. Idioms: clap (or lay) (or set) one's eyes on. See SEE. 3. To look at or on attentively or carefully: observe, regard, scrutinize, survey, watch. Idioms: have one's (or keep an) eye on, keep tabs on. See AWARENESS, SEE.
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