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How to pronounce look in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms attend, see, take care
Type of care, give care
Has types tend, minister
Type Words
Synonyms feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, smell, spirit, tone
Type of ambience, ambiance, atmosphere
Has types hollywood, zeitgeist
Type Words
Synonyms bank, bet, calculate, count, depend, reckon, rely, swear
Type of trust
Type Words
Synonyms appear, seem
Type of be
Has types lift, leap out, jump out, jump, glow, glitter, glisten, gleam, feel, cut, come across, glint, beam, stick out, stand out, sound, shine, rise, rear, radiate, pass off, make, loom


This project looks fishy.
Type Words
Synonyms await, expect, wait
Has types look to, anticipate, expect, hang on, hold on, hold the line, look for, look forward
Verb group anticipate, expect


She is looking to a promotion.
Type Words
Synonyms aspect, expression, face, facial expression
Type of visage, countenance
Has types sparkle, spark, twinkle, light, leer


a look of triumph.
Type Words
Synonyms face, front
Type of lie
Has types confront
Verb group face


The house looks north.
My backyard look onto the pond.
Type Words
Synonyms search
Type of examine, see
Has types cruise, horn in, hunt, intrude, nose, poke, prospect, pry


We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest.
Type Words
Synonyms looking, looking at
Type of perception, sensing
Has types rubber-necking, scrutiny, observation, observance, lookout, watching, glimpse, squint, glance, evil eye, dekko, stare, coup d'oeil, survey, peek, outlook, peep, sight, sightseeing, view


he went out to have a look.
his look was fixed on her eyes.
he gave it a good looking at.
his camera does his looking for him.
Type Words
Type of check, match, gibe, fit, jibe, correspond, tally, agree


You don't look your age!.
Type Words
Type of convey


She looked her devotion to me.
Type Words
Type of be
Has types squint


How does she look?.
The child looks unhappy.
She looked pale after the surgery.
Type Words
Has types leer, stare, eye, eyeball, consider, admire, squint, gape, gawk, gawp, gaze, get a load, give the eye, give the glad eye, give the once over, glance, regard, peer, glint, peep, peek, gloat, ogle, goggle, have a look, look backward, look away, look around, take a look, look back
Derivation looker


She looked over the expanse of land.
Type Words
Type of visual aspect, appearance


I don't like the looks of this place.

Examples of look

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The sign was designed to look similar to the one that was in place in the 1940s.
From the tennessean.com
Look no further than New Year's Day turnip greens and a dish of black-eyed peas.
From the dailyherald.com
The district may also look to save money in its next contract with its teachers.
From the dailyherald.com
Look for Goldie's Scones at area Sunset Foods and specialty and gourmet markets.
From the dailyherald.com
I've used them before and place a large vase by the legs to finish off the look.
From the stltoday.com
When the bus comes to a stop you look at the building and realize where you are.
From the stltoday.com
Stand with feet apart, look people in the eye and place your hands on your hips.
From the stltoday.com
Look for products in the natural foods section of your markets, and read labels.
From the thenewstribune.com
Plantings can be sheared but look their best when stems are selectively removed.
From the orlandosentinel.com
More examples
  • Expression: the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"
  • Perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!"
  • The act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him"
  • Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"
  • Have a certain outward or facial expression; "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery"
  • Physical appearance; "I don't like the looks of this place"
  • Look, established in Nevers, France in 1951, was originally a ski equipment manufacturer. The company produced bindings under its own name and others such as Rossignol and Dynastar. ...
  • Look was a bi-weekly, general-interest magazine published in Des Moines, Iowa from 1937 to 1971, with more of an emphasis on photographs than articles. ...
  • Look is a 2005 album by Beth Nielsen Chapman. It reached number 63 in the UK Albums Chart.