look

look is on the Basic English 850 List.

long - look - loose

look is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

long - look - lord

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /lʊk/
• SAMPA: /lUk/

• Audio (UK)

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Verb

Plain form look

Third-person singular looks

Past tense looked

Past participle looked

Present participle looking

1. (intransitive) 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?

2. (intransitive) 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.

Related words and phrases

look about look after look around look at look away look back look down on look down upon look for look forward to look in on look into look on look out look out for look over look through

look to look up look up to look upon lookalike, look-alike looker lookit lookout, look-out look-see look before you leap look down one's nose look daggers at look here look somebody in the eye look the other way look at what the cat's brought in onlooker