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Meaning look meaning

What does look mean?
Definitions in simple English

look Verb

— Someone looks at something when they move their head or move their eyes so that they can see the thing. Look at this picture! Isn't it beautiful? — The way that something looks is the way that it appears. A new car looks very nice until it gets dirty. That doughnut looks delicious.

look

— verb perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards She looked over the expanse of land Look at your child! Look--a deer in the backyard! — verb (= appear, seem) give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect She seems to be sleeping This appears to be a very difficult problem This project looks fishy They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time — verb have a certain outward or facial expression How does she look? The child looks unhappy She looked pale after the surgery — noun (= expression, face) the feelings expressed on a person's face a sad expression a look of triumph an angry face — noun (= looking, looking at) the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually he went out to have a look his look was fixed on her eyes he gave it a good looking at his camera does his looking for him — noun physical appearance I don't like the looks of this place — verb (= search) search or seek We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest Look elsewhere for the perfect gift! — verb convey by one's expression She looked her devotion to me — verb (= expect, wait) look forward to the probable occurrence of We were expecting a visit from our relatives She is looking to a promotion he is waiting to be drafted — verb (= face) be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to The house looks north My backyard look onto the pond The building faces the park — verb (= attend, take care, see) take charge of or deal with Could you see about lunch? I must attend to this matter She took care of this business — verb accord in appearance with You don't look your age! — verb (= count, bet, depend) have faith or confidence in you can count on me to help you any time Look to your friends for support You can bet on that! Depend on your family in times of crisis — noun (= tone, feel, feeling, smell) the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people the feel of the city excited him a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting it had the smell of treason

Synonyms look synonyms

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see appearance glance watch view look at seem gaze aspect sight face appear observe behold expression countenance stare search glimpse regard seek examine mien air shape looking form eye semblance peer look like consider vision take a look style pay attention manner looks front features facial expression eyes scan say resemble read peep feature expect deem

Topics look topics

What do people use look to talk about?
Person Sense, perceive See

Look
Person Sense, perceive See

Appearance
Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers

Prompters of attention
Person Sense, perceive See

Examine
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Facial expression
Physical actions Hide

Search
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods Unsure

Seem
Language and thought Think Opinion

Approve of something
States Quality Type, kind Compare

Like, similar
Person Sense, perceive See

Watch
Language and thought Think Learn

Study
Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Proud
Social behavior Behavior Do good to Altruistic, selfless

Selfish
Person Body Head

Eye
Person Sense, perceive

See
Person Sense, perceive See

Show, let someone see
Person Sense, perceive See Appearance

Ugly
Person Healthy

Sick
Person Healthy

Treat disease
Person Life Stage of life Child

Rear a child
Person Life Stage of life

Old person
Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Ignore
Language and thought Think Mind

Think about
Language and thought Think

Learn
Language and thought Think Expect

Hope
Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Like, love
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Dislike
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Hate, detest
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Disappointed
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sorry

Ashamed
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Afraid

Worried
Language and thought Communication Reading and writing

Read
Social behavior Social activity Come together, form a group

Visit
Social behavior Behavior

Admire someone
Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Despise someone
Social behavior Government Government functions Police

Arrest
Social behavior Law Trial

Investigate a crime
Social behavior Religion Miracle, supernatural power

Omen, divination
Daily life

Adornment
Work and occupation Work Method Use

Take care of something
Work and occupation Animal husbandry

Tend herds in fields
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Hunting birds
Work and occupation Working with buildings Parts of a building

Window
Work and occupation

Occupation
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly
Physical actions Move Travel

Map
Physical actions Move Not moving

Wait
States Quality Hot

Cold
States Time Aspectual time Age

Old, not new

Conjugation look conjugation

How do you conjugate look?

look · verb

Examples look examples

How do I use look in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Look at me when I talk to you!
You look as healthy as ever.
You must look after the child.
I look forward to meeting you again soon.
Look out for bees.
I look forward to your next visit.
Take a look at this map.
I'll look forward to it.
These pearls look real.
You look very tired. You must have been working too hard.
You don't look so hot.
Look at the girls.
I'll look after your child while you are away.
Look sharp!
If you look at the lyrics, they don't really mean much.
If you look at the song's lyrics, they really don't mean much.
When you're beginning to look like the photo in your passport, you should go on a holiday.
When you start to look like the photo in your passport, it's time to go on vacation.
You look stupid.
Look at me when I'm talking to you.
How many times a day do you look at yourself in the mirror?
If you don't have anything to do, look at the ceiling of your room.
I tend to look at the pictures before reading the text.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter.
Look how they all speak ill of me behind my back because I married a woman thirty years younger than me.
I prefer to look for a solution to problems, not only to report them.
Hey, look, a three-headed monkey!

Movie subtitles

When I look at it we can't praise you enough!
She probably thinks I just look similar.
You look normal, but how sad.
You don't look like you did.
But why did he look at me that way?
Look, this crazy.
Mark, look!
Look out!
In order to use the Geass, one must look directly into the opponents' eyes.
Right. How's his intelligence look?
Let's look again at what happened to Imperial China.
Look, I like to have fun just as much as the next guy, you know, but um, look, things are different now.
Look, some men just took our bags.
Look around you.
May Allah look kindly upon you.
Look! I sold some sheep and bought these for you. Try them on.
Look at that strange set-up.
You should have seen the look on his face!
Your father doesn't look at me anymore.
You look handsome.
Look at this!
Look!
Look at yourself. A Kabyle raped your grandmother!
Ooh. Look, you're a great lay, but I think we should keep this client-attorney business strictly professional.
But look how many there are.
Well, let me take a look at 'em.
Oh. Okay, look, I'll get your money back.
Look, Frankie, I'll get your money.
Hey, invisible kid. You don't look so good.
Look, Nick, what Johnny's doing is wrong, but the way the whole peanut trade works is even wronger.
Look, he's not my friend anymore.
Look, I got a free catcher, I got one of Nick's crew suspended, and I got Nick to turn his back on one of his best friends.
Look, you and I are finished!
Look at what they did to us?
Oh, look!
Look around. carefully!

News and current affairs

As a visiting professor at Harvard and MIT, I am getting a good preview of what the world could look like when the crisis finally passes.
The remit of Sweden's fiscal council is particularly broad, giving it a mandate not only to forecast, but also to look more deeply at the motivations and consequences of government policy.
They first look at the different ways that climate change will affect us at mid-century.
The world economy, however, is unlikely to look the same.
Europe's stock markets will begin to look like an attractive alternative.
He would be shocked to look at today's world: a Europe with stubbornly high unemployment, a Japan mired in a decade of near stagnation, and now an America lacking the policy tools to deal with any additional unexpected economic bad news.
Look at America in 1787: creation of the federal government swept away the balkanized system of pre-revolutionary colonies, ushering in an era of entrepreneurial expansion across the entire American Continent.
Looking ahead to the post-Kyoto world offers us the chance to start a new dialogue and to look at new options on climate change.
They note that the Golden Age was in fact an unusual period, if you look at the last two centuries of economic history.
Seven billion people now look toward the United Nations for solutions to the world's great global challenges.
Friedrich Nietzsche said that if you look in the eye of the Devil for too long, you risk becoming a devil yourself.
There are altogether too many complex ideas floating around that look good on paper, but might well prove deeply flawed in a big-time crisis.
President Barack Obama has appointed a bipartisan deficit-reduction commission, whose chairmen recently provided a glimpse of what their report might look like.
The continent's Mediterranean neighbors look to Europe as their natural partner.
He could meet his bride seated majestically on the caparison of an elaborately decorated elephant, and she would look ravishing swathed and bejeweled in Indian finery.
What, then, will a future risk assessment look like if significantly less organized and developed countries begin - with the active assistance of the nuclear powers - to acquire civilian nuclear-energy capabilities?
To arrive at an informed answer, we need to work out how the planet will look in 2100 if we invest different amounts in adaptation and carbon cuts.
But it's worth taking a closer look at the premise that banning things is the smartest way to tackle global warming.
It is easy to predict that Sarajevo will be the place where they will meet to look back on Europe's savage twentieth century.
But how will Sarajevo look in five years?
All those who have made it their job to praise the stability in the region should look at these figures.
It is to the media that the continent must look for an example of solidarity.
Africa's international partners must not look the other way at this crucial moment.
What religion should teach us is not how to hate, but - to borrow again from Confucius - how to develop societies that look after and welcome the poor, the stranger, and the oppressed.

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