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:

to seem to be something especially because of appearance

• He looks angry.

• Her new haircut makes her look young/younger.

• That cake looks delicious.

• “How does the situation look (to you) now?” “It looks pretty bad/good.”

• It looks dangerous/unlikely.

• a kind-looking woman = a woman who looks kind

• The child

  looked to be

  about seven years old.

• The once-famous star looks to be heading into obscurity.

• The year ahead looks to be a profitable one. [=it appears likely to be profitable; I/we expect it to be profitable]

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often used in the phrases

look as if

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look as though

, and

look like

• It looks like it will be hard work.

• It looks like it will rain/snow. = It looks like rain/snow.

• It looks to me like they’re all the same. = It looks like they’re all the same to me. = They look like they’re all the same to me.

• It looked as though he was feeling ill. = He looked as though he was feeling ill.

• It looks like she’s going to win the tournament again this year. = She looks like she’s going to win the tournament again this year. = (Brit) She looks like winning the tournament again this year. [=she seems likely to win the tournament again this year]

• He looks like a nice man. = (Brit) He looks a nice man. [=he seems/appears to be a nice man]

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