{
    "term": "look",
    "partOfSpeech": "verblinking verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "look",
            "heSheIt": "looks"
        },
        "pastSimple": "looked",
        "pastParticiple": "looked",
        "ingForm": "looking"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to turn your eyes in a particular direction",
            "sensetop": "look at somebody/somethinglook + adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**Look closely** and tell me what you see."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you **look carefully **you can just see our house from here."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Has the mail come yet?’ ‘I'll look and see.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Look! I'm sure that's Jennifer Lawrence!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't look now, but there's someone staring at you!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She looked at me and smiled.",
                    "contextForm": "look at somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I got up and looked out of the window.",
                    "contextForm": "look + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She looked across to the other side of the room."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘It's beautiful!’ ‘Oh! Let me look!’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was looking down the road to see if the bus was coming."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She looked over to where the others were chatting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He looked longingly at the food on the table."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She looked towards the door."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He turned to look as she came down the stairs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was looking studiously down to avoid meeting his eyes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What are you looking at?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I looked in the mirror to see if my tie was straight."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "closely", "briefly"],
                "verb + look": ["turn to", "let somebody"],
                "preposition": ["at", "towards/​toward"],
                "phrases": ["look and see"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to try to find somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "look for somebody/somethinglook + adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Where have you been? We've been looking for you.",
                    "contextForm": "look for somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you still looking for a job?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We’re looking for someone with experience for this post."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are always looking for ways to save money."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't find my book—I've looked everywhere.",
                    "contextForm": "look + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He inspected the room, looking for any possible clues."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was just about to come looking for you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm looking for an apartment on the east side of the city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've spent my whole life looking for an answer to that question!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Look carefully for signs of damp."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to pay attention to something",
            "sensetop": "look at somethinglook where, what, etc…",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Look at the time! We're going to be late.",
                    "contextForm": "look at something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can't you look where you're going?",
                    "contextForm": "look where, what, etc…"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to seem; to appear",
            "sensetop": "+ adj.look like somebody/somethinglook like somebody/something to somebody+ noun",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How do I look?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You **look great**!",
                    "contextForm": "+ adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The garden **looks nice**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't worry—it looks worse than it is."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film **looks likely** to offend many people."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That book looks interesting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That looks like an interesting book.",
                    "contextForm": "look like somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It doesn't look like fun to me.",
                    "contextForm": "look like somebody/something to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You made me look a complete fool!",
                    "contextForm": "+ noun"
                },
                {
                    "text": "That looks an interesting book."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to look pale/​tired/​happy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The four-time champion looked a shadow of her former self."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + look": ["make somebody/​something"],
                "preposition": ["like", "to"],
                "phrases": ["look as if", "look as though"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to have a particular appearance",
            "sensetop": "look like somebody/somethinglook as if…/as though…",
            "labels": "North American EnglishBritish English",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That photograph doesn't look like her at all.",
                    "contextForm": "look like somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘What does your cousin look like?’ ‘He's tall and thin with brown hair.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You look as though you slept badly.",
                    "contextForm": "look as if…/as though…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an animal that looked like a large hedgehog"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She looks very like her sister."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + look": ["make somebody/​something"],
                "preposition": ["like", "to"],
                "phrases": ["look as if", "look as though"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to seem likely to happen or be true",
            "sensetop": "look as if…/as though…look to somebody as if…/as though…look like…look to somebody like…",
            "labels": "(informal)(informal)British English",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It **looks like rain** *(= it looks as if it's going to rain)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It doesn't look as if we'll be moving after all.",
                    "contextForm": "look as if…/as though…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It looks to me as though the company is in real trouble.",
                    "contextForm": "look to somebody as if…/as though…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They don’t look like they’re trying to win.",
                    "contextForm": "look like…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It looks to me like they have a plan.",
                    "contextForm": "look to somebody like…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It looks to me as though we may be in for another cliff-hanger."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It looks to me as if the whole US press missed the story."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It doesn't look like we'll be moving after all."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + look": ["make somebody/​something"],
                "preposition": ["like", "to"],
                "phrases": ["look as if", "look as though"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to face a particular direction",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The house looks east."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hotel looks out over the harbour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The kitchen looks onto the garden."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used in a shop to say that you are not ready to buy something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Can I help you?’ ‘I'm just looking, thank you.’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to try to find ways of doing something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The government is looking to reduce inflation."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be considered bad behaviour or bad manners",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It looks bad not going to your own brother's wedding."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to show that something bad might happen",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's had another heart attack; things are looking bad for him, I'm afraid."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to show success or that something good might happen",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This year's sales figures are looking good."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to protest about something",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Now look here, it wasn't my fault."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to give an example that proves what you are saying or makes it clearer",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Look how lazy we've become."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Be careful climbing that ladder. Look what happened last time."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that something is exactly what somebody needs and so they do not need to consider any other options",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Those looking for an enjoyable evening need look no further than the hotel's nightclub."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to look at somebody in a careful or critical way",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to (not) have your normal healthy appearance",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You're not looking yourself today *(= you look tired or ill/sick)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to become more and more successful",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her first novel was published in 2007 and since then she hasn't looked back."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not attractive",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "judging by the appearance of somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "To look at him you'd never think he was nearly fifty."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lʊk/",
                "audio": "lo/look/look__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lʊks/",
                "audio": "lo/look/looks__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lʊkt/",
                "audio": "lo/look/looked__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlʊkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "lo/look/looking__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lʊk/",
                "audio": "lo/look/look__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lʊks/",
                "audio": "lo/look/looks__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lʊkt/",
                "audio": "lo/look/looked__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlʊkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "lo/look/looking__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English lōcian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to German dialect lugen."
}