look

CEFRA1

/lʊk/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To direct your eyes toward someone or something.

  2. 02

    noun

    A person’s appearance or expression.

Examples

  • I wouldn't have thought I would someday look up "Viagra" in Wikipedia.

  • If you look at the lyrics, they don't really mean much.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [luːx]
  • /luːk/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To appear, to seem.

  2. To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.

  3. As an intransitive verb, often with "at".

More examples

In context

  • Look closely and tell me what you see.

  • Don’t look in the closet.

  • Look what you did to him!

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

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).