Looked I Extra Examples Bad Lʊk Carefully House

• 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.’
• look! i'm sure that's jennifer lawrence!

look

Verb Forms

1. to turn your eyes in a particular direction
• SEE ALSO forward-looking
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/forward-looking
• 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.’
• Look! I'm sure that's Jennifer Lawrence!
• Don't look now, but there's someone staring at you!
• She looked at me and smiled.
• I got up and looked out of the window.
• She looked across to the other side of the room.

Extra Examples

• ‘It's beautiful!’ ‘Oh! Let me look!’
• He was looking down the road to see if the bus was coming.
• He looked longingly at the food on the table.
• He turned to look as she came down the stairs.
• He was looking studiously down to avoid meeting her eyes.
• She looked over to where the others were chatting.
• What are you looking at?
• She looked towards the door.
• I looked in the mirror to see if my tie was straight.
2. to try to find 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.
• They are always looking for ways to save money.
• I can't find my book—I've looked everywhere.

Extra Examples

• He inspected the room, looking for any possible clues.
• I was just about to come looking for you.
• I'm looking for an apartment on the east side of the city.
• I've spent my whole life looking for an answer to that question!
• Look carefully for signs of damp.
3. to pay attention to something
• Look at the time! We're going to be late.
• Can't you look where you're going?
4. to seem; to appear
• SEE ALSO good-looking
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/good-looking
• You look great!
• The garden looks nice.
• Don't worry—it looks worse than it is.
• The film looks likely to offend many people.
• That book looks interesting.
• That looks like an interesting book.
• It doesn't look like fun to me.
• You made me look a complete fool!
• That looks an interesting book.

Extra Examples

• to look pale/tired/happy
• Four-time winners Ajax looked a shadow of their former great self.
5. to have a particular appearance
• That photograph doesn't look like her at all.
• ‘What does your cousin look like?’ ‘He's tall and thin with brown hair.’
• You look as though you slept badly.

Extra Examples

• an animal that looked like a large hedgehog
• She looks very like her sister.
6. to seem likely to happen or be true
• It looks like rain (= it looks as if it's going to rain).
• It doesn't look as if we'll be moving after all.
• It looks to me as though the company is in real trouble.
• They don’t look like they’re trying to win.
• It looks to me like they have a plan.

Extra Examples

• It looks to me as though we may be in for another cliff-hanger.
• It looks to me as if the whole US press missed the story.
• It doesn't look like we'll be moving after all.
7. to face a particular direction
• The house looks east.
• The hotel looks out over the harbour.
• The kitchen looks onto the garden.
8. used in a shop to say that you are not ready to buy something
• ‘Can I help you?’ ‘I'm just looking, thank you.’
9. to try to find ways of doing something
• The government is looking to reduce inflation.
10. to be considered bad behaviour or bad manners
• It looks bad not going to your own brother's wedding.
11. to show that something bad might happen
• He's had another heart attack; things are looking bad for him, I'm afraid.
12. to show success or that something good might happen
• This year's sales figures are looking good.
13. used to protest about something
• Now look here, it wasn't my fault.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. to look at somebody in a careful or critical way
17. to (not) have your normal healthy appearance
• You're not looking yourself today (= you look tired or ill/sick).
18. to become more and more successful
• Her first novel was published in 2007 and since then she hasn't looked back.
19. not attractive
20. judging by the appearance of somebody/something
• To look at him you'd never think he was nearly fifty.

Word Origin

• Old English lōcian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to German dialect lugen.