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

Fossils might give a good image of what dinosaurs looked like, but they can also teach scientists what they sounded like.

From Science Daily

Even when I was working out twice a day — I have a joke where I was like, “I need to work out a lot just to look like someone who doesn’t work out.”

From Los Angeles Times

The doubts about Mangi’s ability to get confirmed, combined with the two future vacancies “makes it look like a less bad deal.”

From Salon

Which begins to explain why, as Prof Jacobs sees it, while the US may withdraw, China looks like it might be stepping up.

From BBC

The primary question left for him and the Justice Department’s leadership is whether to produce a report of the Jan. 6 and classified documents cases and, if so, what it should look like.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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• ape
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