look

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
2. (colloquial, transitive) To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
3. To appear, to seem.
4. (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
5. (intransitive, often) To search for, to try to find.
6. To face or present a view.
7. To expect or anticipate.
8. (transitive) To express or manifest by a look.
9. (often, transitive) To make sure of, to see to.
10. (dated, figuratively, sometimes) To show oneself in looking.
11. (archaic, dialectal, transitive) To check, to make sure (of something).
12. (obsolete, transitive) To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
13. (obsolete, transitive) To seek; to search for.
14. (obsolete, transitive) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.
15. To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.

Intj

Pay attention.

Noun

1. The action of looking; an attempt to see.
2. (often, plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.
3. A facial expression.

Synonyms

see

👀

appearance

glance

watch

⌚

view

look at

gaze

seem

aspect

sight

face

appear

observe

behold

expression

countenance

stare

search

glimpse

regard

seek

🔍

examine

mien

air

shape

looking

eye

👁️

form

semblance

peer

look like

consider

take a look

vision

style

front

pay attention

manner

features

looks

facial expression

eyes

👀

read

📖

peep

resemble

deem

feature

scan

expect

say

🗣️

Translations

regarder

mirar

guardare

schauen

olhar

sembler

ver

👀

kijken

sehen

👀

Blick

Aussehen

sguardo

voir

👀

ansehen

βλέπω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lʊk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: loken

Inherited from Old English: lōcian

Cognate with Scots: luke

Cognate with Western Frisian: lôkje

Cognate with Dutch: loeken

Cognate with German: lugen

Cognate with Swiss German: luege

Cognate with Yiddish: לוגן

In summary

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). Possibly related to Sanskrit लोक् (lok, “to see, behold”) (from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”) in the sense of "illuminating" (cf. related word रुच् (ruc) "to shine, illuminate")).

Sentences

Have a good look .

What do they look like ?

Hey look , a flying pig !

I will ask Liam if he can help me look .

Wow , look how deep this canyon is !

Please look up the TV series Giant Killer Shark: The Musical .