look like

1. it looks like . It seems likely that, as in It looks like they'll invite us to dinner . [ Colloquial ; c. 1900] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with look like .

2. Have the appearance of, as in This letter looks like an acceptance . [c. 1400]

Example Sentences

Altenberg said, visually, the press box “does not look like it’s usable.”

From Los Angeles Times

“When he tells her she’s so beautiful, I wanted her to look like the biggest movie star of all time,” said cinematographer Alice Brooks.

From Los Angeles Times

This time, it looks like an Orange County work crew teamed up with a warming planet to deprive a metropolitan area of its best access to nature.

From Los Angeles Times

"Some people eat really well, and others don't -- so if you just take an average, it looks like everything's fine," Dr. Kleinberg explains.

From Science Daily

With a more detailed picture of what that wind field looks like, disaster authorities can better prepare for storms before they make landfall.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• act like
• ape
• assume
• duplicate
• echo
• emulate
• impersonate
• mimic
• mirror
• mock
• pretend
• replicate
• reproduce
• resemble
• simulate