посмотреть

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Russian

Etymology

по- (po-) +‎ смотре́ть (smotrétʹ).

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Verb

посмотре́ть (posmotrétʹpf (imperfective смотре́ть)

  1. to look
  2. to see, to watch
    • 1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 5:14:
      Пасущие же свиней побежали и рассказали в городе и в деревнях. И жители вышли посмотреть, что случилось.
      Pasuščije že svinej pobežali i rasskazali v gorode i v derevnjax. I žiteli vyšli posmotretʹ, što slučilosʹ.
      The swineherds ran off and told it in the city and in the villages. Then the inhabitants came to see what had happened.
  3. (colloquial) to search, to look for
    Посмотри информацию в интернете.
    Posmotri informaciju v internete.
    Look up the information on the Internet.

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