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fresh look

fresh look

8 2.5
A new, clean style for something, like clothes or a room
  • noun
translation icon : nuevo aspecto
  • After the renovation, the restaurant had a fresh look that attracted more customers.
  • take a fresh look
  • need a fresh look

In today's video, I'm going to show you how I got this heat proof, sweat proof fresh look for graduation.

Examples

  • Students were immediately enamored with the PGNs' fresh look, and the books continued to draw their attention during any free reading moments throughout the experience.

    Academic text (2014)

  • To some extent, pressure from consumers has led business to take a fresh look at its product stewardship.

    Academic text (1995)

  • I just think this is going to be such a clean and fresh look throughout the season.

  • The second project will take a fresh look at creating new web guidance.

    Blog text (9)

  • However, we must take a fresh look at both our physical and virtual spaces.

    Academic text (2014)

  • I think this, with really simple eyes and really glowy skin is just like a very fresh look for spring.

  • We're growing, we're expanding, we're approaching the millennium with a fresh attitude and a fresh look.

    Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)

  • Now is the time for NEHA to take a fresh look, a fresh focus on our collective needs - and our future.

    Academic text (2010)

  • One of the most popular is a five-week course in classroom management that takes a fresh look at how students are learning differently in the digital age.

    Academic text (2007)

  • For the archaeologists exploring it now, the dugout provides a fresh look at how the British and their allies fought an underground war against Germany on the Western Front.

    Academic text (2009)

Synonyms

makeover
vsfresh look
47 3.2

A complete change to a room, building, or brand to look newer

describes a simpler fresh appearance update, not a full transformation
facelift
vsfresh look
7 4.4

Improvements that make a building or product look newer without big changes

focuses on a refreshed clean modern look rather than renovation process
face-lift
vsfresh look
1 4.0

A small change to the look of something to make it more modern or attractive

refers to an updated look with broader revitalization, not only tweaks
relook
vsfresh look
6.7

A new appearance made to seem more modern and attractive

is a general updated appearance emphasizing clean modern revitalization

Antonyms

dated
3 6.2

Not modern and looking old-fashioned

How New

fresh look
8 2.5

Surface Forms

fresh look singular
fresh looks plural

Morphology

fresh + look

The meaning 'a new or updated appearance' is directly and compositionally derived from 'fresh' (new/clean) and 'look' (appearance). This adjective+noun combination follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Fresh look comes from the image of making something clean and new, for example changing clothes or repainting a room to give it a brighter look. That's why fresh + look means 'a new or updated appearance'.