behold

Speech parts

1. behold - Verb

2. behold - Interjection

Meaning

To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes.

To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

view regard discern gaze descry lay eyes on soho bam mark espy seel there see study experience
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Antonyms

miss intuit feel mistake shortage ignore
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Hypernyms

see

Phrases with the word

marvel to behold wonder to behold beauty to behold joy to behold

Derivatives

beheld beholden beholding

Examples

Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! John the Baptist

The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue. Edward R. Murrow

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself. Walt Whitman

Talk of the wolf and behold his skin. Portuguese Proverb

If at noon the King declares it is night, behold the stars. Moroccan Proverb

Behold the iguana puffing itself out to make itself a man! South African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Behnke Behnken behoite beholdable beholde beholden