look like

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

2. 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 .

Example Sentences

"Pollock and Dali mixed together. Pollock and Dali had a child and this is kind of what it looks like!"

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These are communities built on the idea of plenty, now confronting what scarcity really looks like.

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When the schedule was released, that overseas game looked like the easier of the two.

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"I still look like me, and this procedure has given me another 20 years of feeling great," she says.

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Scotland's autumn squad will be named on 21 October and, with the exception of Huw Jones, it looks like a fairly clean bill of health.

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