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From Middle English loken, lokien, from Old English lōcian (“to see, behold, look, gaze, observe, notice, take heed, belong, pertain, regard with favor”), from Proto-Germanic *lōkōnan, *lōgēnan (“to look”) (compare West Frisian loaitsje, Middle Dutch loeken (Dutch leuk (“good-looking”)), German dialectal lugen (“to look out”)), from Proto-Indo-European *lAg- (“to look, see”) (compare Welsh llygat (“eye”), Tocharian AB läk (“to see”), Sanskrit लक्षति (lakṣati, “he sees, perceives”)).

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look (third-person singular simple present looks, present participle looking, simple past and past participle looked)

  1. (intransitive, often with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
    Look at my new car!
    Don’t look in the closet.
  2. To appear, to seem.
    It looks as if it’s going to rain soon.
  3. (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
    That painting looks nice.
  4. (intransitive, often with "for") To search for, to try to find.
  5. To face or present a view.
    The hotel looks over the valleys of the HinduKush.
  6. To expect or anticipate.
    I look to each hour for my lover’s arrival.
  7. (transitive) To express or manifest by a look.
    • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, chapter 6, Monk Samson:
      Once, slipping the money clandestinely, just in the act of taking leave, he slipt it not into her hand but on the floor, and another had it; whereupon the poor Monk, coming to know it, looked mere despair for some days […]
  8. (transitive, often with "to") To make sure of, to see to.
    • 1898, Homer, Samuel Butler (translator), The Odyssey,
      "Look to it yourself, father," answered Telemachus, "for they say you are the wisest counsellor in the world, and that there is no other mortal man who can compare with you. ...

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to try to see
to appear, to seem
to search
to face
to expect
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look (plural looks)

  1. The action of looking, an attempt to see.
    Let’s have a look under the hood of the car.
  2. (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.
    She got her mother’s looks.
    I don’t like the look of the new design.
  3. A facial expression.
    He gave me a dirty look.
    If looks could kill...

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action of looking
physical appearance
facial expression

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From Middle Dutch look, from Old Dutch *lōk, from Proto-Germanic *laukaz. More at leek.

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look m. (uncountable)

  1. garlic

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look

  1. singular past indicative of luiken.

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From English look

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look m. (plural looks)

  1. style; appearance; look
    Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. - I think his new look doesn't suit him at all

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From English look

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look m. (plural looks)

  1. (informal) look; style, appearance
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