Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

look like

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.71 in modern English

Syllables: look -like
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To resemble or have the appearance of being; to seem to be.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"It looks like rain later today."
"It looks like it will rain later today."
"It looks like I'm stuck with you."
"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."
"The port does not look like much from the ground."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: loken like

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

looks like (present, singular) looking like (participle, present) looked like (participle, past) looked like (past)

Phrases

if it looks like a duck look alike

Frequently Paired Words

look alike

Questions

What does look like mean?: To resemble or have the appearance of being; to seem to be.
Where does look like come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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