look like

verb

look like

verb

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

1

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

  • It looks like rain later today.
  • It looks like it will rain later today.
4 more examples
  • 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.
Derived terms
if it looks like a duck
Related terms
look alike

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