look
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
How often you will meet it
Rank 156 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 153,925 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.073% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards She looked over the expanse of landLook at your child!
- give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect also: appear, seem She seems to be sleepingThis appears to be a very difficult problem
- have a certain outward or facial expression How does she look?The child looks unhappy
- search or seek also: search We looked all day and finally found the child in the forestLook elsewhere for the perfect gift!
- be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to also: front, face The house looks northMy backyard look onto the pond
- take charge of or deal with also: attend, take care, see Could you see about lunch?I must attend to this matter
look in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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And look at some who've made things.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Look at the successful men in any of the learned professions.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Quickly he crouched behind the fence, and the aged look came back into his face.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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Look, father, dost thou see that shining star That seems to stand above the town so far?
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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He looked at her intently, a queer, mischievous, yet penetrating look; then broke into a broad, genial laugh, quite Bacchic and succumbed.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1