📒 to turn your eyes in a particular direction
- Look closely and tell me what you see.
- If you look carefully you can just see our house from here.
- ‘Has the mail come yet?’ ‘I'll look and see.’
📒 to try to find somebody/something
- look for somebody/something Where have you been? We've been looking for you.
- Are you still looking for a job?
- We’re looking for someone with experience for this post.
📒 to pay attention to something
- look at something Look at the time! We're going to be late.
- look where, what, etc… Can't you look where you're going?
📒 to seem; to appear
- + adj. You look great!
- The garden looks nice.
- Don't worry—it looks worse than it is.
📒 to have a particular appearance
- look like somebody/something That photograph doesn't look like her at all.
- ‘What does your cousin look like?’ ‘He's tall and thin with brown hair.’
- look as if…/as though… You look as though you slept badly.
📒 to seem likely to happen or be true
- It looks like rain (= it looks as if it's going to rain).
- look as if…/as though… It doesn't look as if we'll be moving after all.
- look to somebody as if…/as though… It looks to me as though the company is in real trouble.
📒 to face a particular direction
- The house looks east.
- The hotel looks out over the harbour.
- The kitchen looks onto the garden.
📒 used in a shop to say that you are not ready to buy something
- ‘Can I help you?’ ‘I'm just looking, thank you.’
📒 to try to find ways of doing something
- The government is looking to reduce inflation.
📒 to be considered bad behaviour or bad manners
- It looks bad not going to your own brother's wedding.
📒 to show that something bad might happen
- He's had another heart attack; things are looking bad for him, I'm afraid.
📒 to show success or that something good might happen
- This year's sales figures are looking good.
📒 used to protest about something
- Now look here, it wasn't my fault.
📒 used to give an example that proves what you are saying or makes it clearer
- Look how lazy we've become.
- Be careful climbing that ladder. Look what happened last time.
📒 used to say that something is exactly what somebody needs and so they do not need to consider any other options
- Those looking for an enjoyable evening need look no further than the hotel's nightclub.
📒 to look at somebody in a careful or critical way
📒 to (not) have your normal healthy appearance
- You're not looking yourself today (= you look tired or ill/sick).
📒 to become more and more successful
- Her first novel was published in 2007 and since then she hasn't looked back.
📒 not attractive
📒 judging by the appearance of somebody/something
- To look at him you'd never think he was nearly fifty.