to look like
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1.3
- phrasal verb
- /lʊk laɪk/
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parecerse a
- "Your younger sister, Imogene, the one who looks like you, goes out a lot at night."
- looks like the real thing
- a library looks like
- what learning looks like
You could have a triangle that looks like this.
- You could have a triangle that looks like this.
- OK, So what does it look like when we default?
- So happiness to me looks like love and light.
- So she's saying this doesn't look like you, but it's her.
- So that just looks like a straight, a straight line.
- I love how my hair looks like a a Galaxy.
Examples
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So then we have something that looks like this.
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Gideon has dark rings under his eyes and looks like he has aged considerably.
Fiction book (1990) -
But this will still look like this tomorrow.
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Although it may not look like it, I have won.
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Why does the guy on the WE commercial look like you?
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But what would a pillow look like in space?
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Let's see what this looks like in my mirror.
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And it looks like I'm just in time.
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There's lots of girls who look like me.
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That painting looks like a sunset over the ocean.
Synonyms
274
2.0
To be like another person or thing
Antonyms
How Similar
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1.3
274
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to resemble' is directly built from 'look' (to appear) combined with 'like' (indicating similarity), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE's meaning. This comparative construction is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English composition patterns, making it immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
The phrase look like comes from a simple picture: you look at someone and see that they are like another person or thing. So it means 'to resemble' or 'to seem similar'.