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verb [L, I usually + adv/prep] (SEEM) /lʊk/Definition
A2 to appear or seem: You look well! The roads look very icy. That dress looks nice on you. He has started to look his age (= appear as old as he really is). It's looking good (= things are going well). He looked (like) a friendly sort of person. The twins look just like their mother. She looked as if/though she hadn't slept all night. It looks like rain (= as if it is going to rain).Seeming and purporting to beFaking and pretending
(Definition of look verb (SEEM) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- apparent adjective
- apparently adverb
- appear verb (SEEM)
- as if/though idiom
- by the look(s) of things idiom
- come across phrasal verb (BEHAVE)
- come over phrasal verb (SEEM)
- formal adjective (OFFICIAL)
- on the face of it idiom
- ostensible adjective
- outward adjective (ON OUTSIDE)
- persona noun
- prima facie adjective
- seeming adjective
- seemingly adverb
- semblance noun
- superficial adjective (FALSE APPEARANCE)
- supposed adjective (OTHERS' OPINION)
- surface adjective (APPEARANCE)
- surface noun (APPEARANCE)
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