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To resemble or have the appearance of being; to seem to be.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- It looks like rain later today.
- It looks like it will rain later today.
- 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.
- (UK) He always looks like scoring a goal if not two.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
bear a physical resemblance to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She looks like her mother
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: resemble
From Middle English loken like, equivalent to look + like (conjunction and preposition).
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
بَدَا
(badā)
— seem, appear
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Belarusian:
выгляда́ць
(vyhljadácʹ)
— seem, appear
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Catalan:
semblar ser
— seem, appear
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Chickasaw:
ahooba
— seem, appear
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Chinese:
看起來 /看起来
(khòan-khí-lâi)
— seem, appear
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Chinese Mandarin:
看起來 /看起来
(kànqilai)
— seem, appear
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Finnish:
näyttää siltä, että
— seem, appear
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French:
sembler
— seem, appear
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German:
scheinen
— seem, appear
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Haitian Creole:
sanble
— seem, appear
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Malay:
nampak
— seem, appear
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Malay:
tampak
— seem, appear
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Malay:
macam
— seem, appear
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Norwegian Bokmål:
se ut som om
— seem, appear
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Old English:
þyncan
— seem, appear
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Polish:
wyglądać na to, że
— seem, appear
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Portuguese:
parecer
— seem, appear
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Russian:
напомина́ть
(napominátʹ)
— seem, appear
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Russian:
вы́глядеть
(výgljadetʹ)
— seem, appear
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Russian:
похо́же
(poxóže)
— seem, appear
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Spanish:
parecer
— seem, appear
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Spanish:
parece que (como)
— seem, appear
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Spanish:
parece como que/si
— seem, appear
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Spanish:
tener pinta de (que)
— seem, appear
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Swedish:
se ut
— seem, appear
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Swedish:
verka
— seem, appear
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Ukrainian:
вигляда́ти
(vyhljadáty)
— seem, appear
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Vietnamese:
giống như
— seem, appear
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Arabic:
شَبِهَ
(šabiha)
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Belarusian:
нага́дваць
(nahádvacʹ)
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Catalan:
assemblar-se a
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Catalan:
semblar
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Chickasaw:
ahooba
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Chinese:
像
(zh-min-nan)
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Chinese Mandarin:
像
(xiàng)
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Dutch:
lijken op
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Finnish:
muistuttaa
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Finnish:
näyttää
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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French:
ressembler
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Georgian:
ჰგავს
(hgavs)
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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German:
aussehen
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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German:
ähneln
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Greek:
μοιάζω
(moiázo)
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Haitian Creole:
sanble
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Ingrian:
voittiissa
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Italian:
somigliare
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Italian:
assomigliare
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Italian:
rassomigliare
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Japanese:
らしい
(rashii)
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Japanese:
っぽい
(ppoi)
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Malay:
sebiji
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Malay:
sebijik
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Malay:
serupa
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Malay:
macam
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Norman:
r'semblier
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Norwegian Bokmål:
se ut som
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Norwegian Bokmål:
ligne
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Norwegian Bokmål:
ligne på
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Nǀuu:
tsʼaa
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Old English:
gelician
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Persian:
به ... شباهت داشتن
(be ... šabâhat dâštan)
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Polish:
wyglądać jak
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Portuguese:
parecer
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Romanian:
semăna
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Russian:
напомина́ть
(napominátʹ)
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Russian:
похо́же
(poxóže)
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Spanish:
parecer
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Spanish:
semejar
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Spanish:
asemejar
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Spanish:
tener pinta de
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Swedish:
likna
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Ukrainian:
нага́дувати
(naháduvaty)
— be similar in appearance, resemble
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Vietnamese:
giống như
— be similar in appearance, resemble
