ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Looking

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈlʊkɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Looking is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of look.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of look.

More Meanings

  1. as the last part of compound adjectives: relating to or having the appearance of.
  2. The act of one who looks; a glance.

Example Sentences

dorky-looking
Good-Looking, Funny Guy — (Not funny-looking, good guy), 36, Jewish, athletic.
A complicated interplay of lookings and viewings is in play. The staging and performance of the photograph, then, is as much the subject of the photograph as the ostensible subjects […]
By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.

Word Forms

Synonyms for looking

Depending on context, synonyms include superficial, look, sounding.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sounding, superficial, noting, view, observing, viewing.

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