A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
Used in a Sentence
gazes
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for gazes.
Editorial note
But there's no way Facebook would allow such a program to exist: the site is popular largely because it enables us to indulge our gazes anonymously.
Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of gazes gathered in one view.
(intransitive) To stare intently or earnestly.
(transitive, poetic) To stare at.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for gazes.
noun
A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
verb
(intransitive) To stare intently or earnestly.
verb
(transitive, poetic) To stare at.
noun
(psychoanalysis) In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed.
Example sentences
But there's no way Facebook would allow such a program to exist: the site is popular largely because it enables us to indulge our gazes anonymously.
And when you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.
And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.
If it changes my life and enlightens everyone who gazes upon it, I may start using in production.
When you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
Either it is by releasing nefarious gazes in the atmosphere, or creating a Primate intelligent enough to rule and consume most of biosphere.
I have a hard time believing that you can localize my gazes - I need to see for myself.
Well, I was thinking about it when I talked about releasing nefarious gazes, but I did not want to digress too much.
When Russians meet on the street they avert their gazes and put on that very characteristic face expression of a mix of contempt, disgust and boredom.
Once again, The Platonic Engineer gazes hatefully at the gronky, ugly and awkward things that make things work in real life, rub his hands together and says...
I've immersed myself in abstraction for the past several months leading me to believe that when you gaze long enough into abstraction, abstraction gazes back.
I suspect the submitter's interest here was on the unintended consequence of the StackOverflow reputation system, since HN also has a reputation system that it periodically navel-gazes about.
Quote examples
The Nietzsche quote is appropriate here: "And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." [1] This is something I think people have a tough time grappling with.
As Nietzsche said, "...if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." The fundamental tension with all entrepreneurs is the willingness to go to the brink of the abyss for your idea, but also have the wherewithal to pivot or pull back.
As to the relation of the subjects, I have seem many of the AGW defenders to claim that CFC, HFC and all the other gazes they claim is harmful to the "ozone" also are "greenhouse gases", which as I said before is a complete stupidity.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use gazes in a sentence?
But there's no way Facebook would allow such a program to exist: the site is popular largely because it enables us to indulge our gazes anonymously.
What does gazes mean?
A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention.
What part of speech is gazes?
gazes is commonly used as noun, verb.