Dictionary

look like en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English loken like, equivalent to look + like (conjunction and preposition).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To resemble or have the appearance of being; to seem to be.
   • Ostriches look like emus to some people, but they are only distantly related.
   • You wake up on what looks like Salisbury Plain, but in Africa.
   • It looks like I'm stuck with you.
   • (UK) He always looks like scoring a goal if not two.
   • It looks like rain later today.
   • It looks like it will rain later today.
   • The port does not look like much from the ground.

Forms

Deriveds

if it looks like a duck

Relateds

look alike

Translations (67)

sv likna (to resemble, to seem to be) · pt parecer (to resemble, to seem to be) · nb ligne på (to resemble, to seem to be) · cic ahooba (to resemble, to seem to be) · uk вигляда́ти (to resemble, to seem to be) · es asemejar (to resemble, to seem to be) · it rassomigliare (to resemble, to seem to be) · be выгляда́ць (to resemble, to seem to be) · nb se ut som om (to resemble, to seem to be) · ang gelician (to resemble, to seem to be) · ca semblar (to resemble, to seem to be) · izh voittiissa (to resemble, to seem to be) · ht sanble (to resemble, to seem to be) · ms sebiji (to resemble, to seem to be) · ru напомина́ть (to resemble, to seem to be) · nan-hbl 看起來 /看起来 (to resemble, to seem to be) · tr okşamak (to resemble, to seem to be) · de scheinen (to resemble, to seem to be) · sv se ut (to resemble, to seem to be) · de ähneln (to resemble, to seem to be) · ms serupa (to resemble, to seem to be) · ka ჰგავს (to resemble, to seem to be) · es parece/luce “(como) que”/“como si” (to resemble, to seem to be) · ar بَدَا (to resemble, to seem to be) · cmn 看起來 /看起来 (to resemble, to seem to be) · cmn 像 (to resemble, to seem to be) · nan-hbl 像 (to resemble, to seem to be) · el μοιάζω (to resemble, to seem to be) · ro semăna (to resemble, to seem to be) · pl wyglądać jak (to resemble, to seem to be) · it somigliare (to resemble, to seem to be) · ar شَبِهَ (to resemble, to seem to be) · de aussehen (to resemble, to seem to be) · nrf r'semblier (to resemble, to seem to be) · ngh tsʼaa (to resemble, to seem to be) · es tener pinta de (que) (to resemble, to seem to be) · es semejar (to resemble, to seem to be) · vi giống như (to resemble, to seem to be) · ca semblar ser (to resemble, to seem to be) · fr ressembler (to resemble, to seem to be) · fr sembler (to resemble, to seem to be) · ms sebijik (to resemble, to seem to be) · be нага́дваць (to resemble, to seem to be) · fa به ... شباهت داشتن (to resemble, to seem to be) · ca assemblar-se a (to resemble, to seem to be) · nl lijken op (to resemble, to seem to be) · fi näyttää (to resemble, to seem to be) · pl wyglądać na to, że (to resemble, to seem to be) · ms tampak (to resemble, to seem to be) · nb se ut som (to resemble, to seem to be) · fi muistuttaa (to resemble, to seem to be) · tr benzemek (to resemble, to seem to be) · fi näyttää siltä, että (to resemble, to seem to be) · ang þyncan (to resemble, to seem to be) · it assomigliare (to resemble, to seem to be) · uk нага́дувати (to resemble, to seem to be) · ru вы́глядеть (to resemble, to seem to be) · es parecer (to resemble, to seem to be) · ja らしい (to resemble, to seem to be) · ms macam (to resemble, to seem to be) · nb ligne (to resemble, to seem to be) · sv verka (to resemble, to seem to be) · ota اوخشامق (to resemble, to seem to be) · ja っぽい (to resemble, to seem to be) · ms nampak (to resemble, to seem to be) · ru похо́же (to resemble, to seem to be) · ota بكزهمك (to resemble, to seem to be)