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say it: luuk
look is a verb and noun meaning "perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards". It is pronounced /ˈlʊk/ — luuk. It carries 14 recorded senses.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
“She looked over the expanse of land”
“Look at your child!”
“Look--a deer in the backyard!”
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
“She seems to be sleeping”
“This appears to be a very difficult problem”
“This project looks fishy”
“They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time”
look forward to the probable occurrence of
“We were expecting a visit from our relatives”
“She is looking to a promotion”
“he is waiting to be drafted”
the feelings expressed on a person's face
“a sad expression”
“a look of triumph”
“an angry face”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for look come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.