Meaning

3 senses

  1. The action of looking; an attempt to see.

    Let’s have a look under the hood of the car.

    Blick

    взглядvzgljad

    по́глядpóhljad

  2. (often, plural)Physical appearance, visual impression.

    She got her mother’s looks.

    I don’t like the look of the new design.

    Aussehen

    видvid, вне́шностьvnéšnostʹ

    ви́глядvýhljad, зо́внішністьzóvnišnistʹ

    physical appearance

  3. A facial expression.

    He gave me a dirty look.

    If looks could kill ...

    Fratze, Blick

    взглядvzgljad

    по́глядpóhljad

Examples

30594 sentences

  1. The nurse looked after the babies.

    Медсестра доглядала за немовлятами. — deniko

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  2. The drinks looked cool and delicious.

    Напої виглядали прохолодними і смачними. — ChickenKiev

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  3. I'm looking forward to the party.

    Я з нетерпінням очікую вечірку. — aandrusiak

    ruС нетерпением жду вечеринку. — bijin

    deIch freue mich auf die Party. — Espi

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  4. Why are you looking so sad?

    Чому ти такий сумний? — deniko

    deWieso siehst du so traurig aus? — MUIRIEL

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  5. Take a look at this map.

    Поглянь на цю карту. — aandrusiak

    ruВзгляни на эту карту. — Olya

    deWirf einen Blick auf diese Karte. — kroko

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
1. action of looking:
2. physical appearance — see also aspect, appearance, image, air, demeanor, physiognomy, facies:
Русский
By meaning 2
1. action of looking:
2. physical appearance — see also aspect, appearance, image, air, demeanor, physiognomy, facies:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
1. action of looking:
2. physical appearance — see also aspect, appearance, image, air, demeanor, physiognomy, facies:
3. facial expression — see also facial expression, expression, physiognomy:

Origin

From Middle English loken, lokien, from Old English lōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *lōkō

From Middle English loken, lokien, from Old English lōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn. Further origin unknown, no certain cognates outside Germanic. Cognate with Scots luke, luik, leuk (“to look, see”), West Frisian lôkje, loaitsje (“to look”), Dutch loeken (“to look”), German Low German löken. Likely also related to German lugen (“to peek”), Alemannic German luege (“to look”), Yiddish לוגן (lugn).

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Forms

plural: looks
Singularlook
Plurallooks

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
gander
Close in meaning

Word family

31 related words
DerivedoutlookB2overlookB2afterlookblack lookdirty lookforelookforthlookfreelookhindlookinlooklook-backlookbooklook developmentlookdownlookfullook-inlookismlookistlooklesslookofflooksomelooky-looman lookmislook

Collocations

12 patterns
  • looks like
  • looking forward to
  • was looking for
  • looking forward
  • looking for a
  • look at the
  • look like a
  • is looking forward
  • didn't look like
  • take a look
  • look a little
  • looked around

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
looloofahlookerlookoutloomC1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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