English Explanatory Dictionary

look

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
  2. As an intransitive verb, often with "at".
  3. As a transitive verb, often in the imperative; chiefly takes relative clause as direct object.
  4. To appear, to seem.
  5. To give an appearance of being.
  6. To search for, to try to find.
  7. To face or present a view.
  8. To expect or anticipate.
  9. To express or manifest by a look.
  10. To make sure of, to see to.
  11. To show oneself in looking; to peep out.
  12. To check, to make sure (of something).
intj
  1. Pay attention.
noun
  1. The action of looking; an attempt to see.
  2. Physical appearance, visual impression.
  3. A facial expression.
name
  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
name
  1. A surname from Chinese.

Pronunciation

lo͝ok /lʊk/ [lɵk] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-look.wav /luːk/ [luːx] /lʉk/

Word forms

look looks looking looked no-table-tags glossary lookest lookedst looketh

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn Old English lōcian Middle English loken English look 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).

Synonyms

behold clock look geek kool regard squizz take a butcher's take a dekko take a gander vada viddy view hey listen listen up look at me see so well

Related words

eye cinéma du look

Derived words

look about look after look ahead look ahead to look around look at look at me look-at-me look away look back look down look down on look down upon look for look forward look forward to look in on look into look it look on look out look out for look over look past look round look through look to look up look upon look up to a cat can look at a king a cat may look at a king as soon as look at someone belook does someone look like don't look a gift horse in the mouth don't look at me don't look now forelook lookability lookable look a fright look ahere look alike lookalike look-alike look alive look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence look at it this way look at oneself in the mirror look at you look before one leaps look before you leap look beyond look beyond the end of one's nose look beyond the tip of one's nose look both ways look daggers

Translations

Afrikaans: kyk Ainu: inkar Ainu: インカㇽ Akatek: il Albanian: shoh Albanian: shikoj Southern Altai: багар Southern Altai: караар Arabic: نَظَرَ Arabic: شاف Arabic: بص Arabic: طالع Arabic: اتفَرَّج Arabic: تطلّع Arabic: تفرّج Armenian: նայել Armenian: դիտել Assamese: চা Asturian: mirar Asturian: amirar Azerbaijani: baxmaq Bakhtiari: نیشتن Bangi: keka Bangi: tala Bashkir: ҡарау Belarusian: глядзе́ць Belarusian: паглядзе́ць Bengali: তাকান Breton: sellout Bulgarian: гле́дам Burmese: ကြည့် Catalan: mirar Catalan: guaitar Chechen: хьажа Tedim Chin: en Chinese Cantonese: 睇 Chinese Cantonese: 望 Chinese: кан Chinese: 看 Chinese Mandarin: 看 Chinese Mandarin: 視 /视 Chinese Mandarin: 見 /见 Wu Chinese: 看 Chinook Jargon: nanich Czech: dívat se Czech: podívat se Danish: kigge Danish: kikke Danish: se Danish: sikre Dutch: kijken Esperanto: rigardi Estonian: vaatama Ewe: kpɔ Faroese: líta Faroese: hyggja Finnish: katsoa Finnish: huolehtia French: regarder North Frisian: kiike Friulian: vuardâ Galician: mirar Ge'ez: ነጸረ Georgian: ყურება Georgian: ცქერა Georgian: ჭვრეტა
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