look

About 183.49 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   They kept looking at me.

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

   They kept looking at me.

3. verb As a transitive verb, often in the imperative; chiefly takes relative clause as direct object.

   Look what you did to him!

4. verb To appear, to seem.

   It looks as if it’s going to rain soon. or It looks like it’s going to rain soon. or It looks like rain [is coming].

5. verb To give an appearance of being.

   What a fright you looked in that hideous outfit.

6. verb To search for, to try to find.
7. verb To face or present a view.

   The hotel looks over the valleys of the Hindu Kush.

8. verb To expect or anticipate.

   I look to each hour for my lover’s arrival.

Similar words

expression aspect seem see expect appear attend spirit feel take care

Often followed by

at for like of to upon after up on

Word family

looked looking looks