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look

verb
1. To direct the eyes on an object:
consider, contemplate, eye, view.
Idiom: clap one's eyes on.
2. To try to find something:
cast about, hunt, quest, search, seek.
3. To have the appearance of:
appear, seem, sound.
Idiom: strike one as (being).
phrasal verb
look after
To have the care and supervision of:
attend, care for, mind, minister to, see to, tend, watch.
Idioms: keep an eye on, look out for, take care of, take under one's wing.
phrasal verb
look for
To look forward to confidently:
anticipate, await, bargain for (or on), count on, depend on (or upon), expect, wait (for).
Informal: figure on.
phrasal verb
look in
To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize:
call, come by, come over, drop by, drop in, look up, pop in, run in, see, stop (by or in), visit.
Idiom: pay a visit.
phrasal verb
look into
To go into or through for the purpose of making discoveries or acquiring information:
delve, dig, explore, inquire, investigate, probe, reconnoiter, scout.
phrasal verb
look on or upon
To have the face or front turned in a specific direction:
face, front.
phrasal verb
look out
To be careful:
beware, mind, watch out.
Idioms: be on guard, be on the lookout, keep an eye peeled , take care.
phrasal verb
look over
To view broadly or from a height:
overlook, scan, survey.
phrasal verb
look up
To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize:
call, come by, come over, drop by, drop in, look in, pop in, run in, see, stop (by or in), visit.
Idiom: pay a visit.
noun
1. An act of directing the eyes on an object:
contemplation, regard, sight, view.
2. A disposition of the facial features that conveys meaning, feeling, or mood:
aspect, cast, countenance, expression, face, visage.
3. An outward appearance:
aspect, countenance, face, physiognomy, surface, visage.
4. The way something or someone looks:
appearance, aspect, mien.
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Translations

w>look in

vi
(in window etc) → hinein-/hereinsehen or -schauen (dial) → or -gucken (inf)
(= visit) → vorbeikommen (on sb bei jdm); would you look in at Smith’s and collect my dress? → kannst du bei Smith vorbeigehen und mein Kleid abholen?
(= watch TV) → fernsehen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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One side is for the prisoners, set up with phones, and the other side for the guards to look in on us.
Detained or disappeared? before the 9/11 round-ups, INS detention had already grown into a system handling 150,000 immigrants a year. Tram Nguyen looks for the connections. (To the Point)
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