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Hopefully, generations after us will continue to protect, preserve, and look after this wonderful land.
Wilford Brimley

Meaning of "look after" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOOK AFTER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOOK AFTER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Look after is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES LOOK AFTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of look after in the English dictionary

The definition of look after in the dictionary is to take care of; be responsible for. Other definition of look after is to follow with the eyes.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOOK AFTER

look a gift-horse in the mouth
look alive
look alive!
look as if butter wouldn´t melt in one´s mouth
look back
look daggers
look down
look down one´s nose at
look forward to
look here
look like something the cat brought in
look lively
look on
look or feel (like) a million dollars
look over
look sharp
look sick
look someone in the eye
look someone in the face
look through

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOOK AFTER

after
and they all lived happily ever after
ask after
crafter
drafter
fore-and-after
grafter
hereafter
hereinafter
lofter
looked-after
make after
point after
rafter
run after
shafter
sought-after
the hereafter
the morning after
thereafter
whereafter

Synonyms and antonyms of look after in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «look after» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOOK AFTER

Find out the translation of look after to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of look after from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «look after» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

照顾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuidar
570 millions of speakers

English

look after
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाद देखो
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَعْتَنِي بِـ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заботиться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cuidar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দেখাশোনা করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

s’occuper de
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

menjaga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kümmern (sich)
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

・・・の世話をする
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

돌보다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Katon sawise
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chăm sóc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாருங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लक्ष ठेवणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ilgilenmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

occuparsi di
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zaopiekować się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

наглядати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a avea grijă de
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περιποιούμαι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kyk na
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

se efter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

passe på
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of look after

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOOK AFTER»

The term «look after» is very widely used and occupies the 22.921 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOOK AFTER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «look after» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «look after» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about look after

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10 QUOTES WITH «LOOK AFTER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word look after.
1
Jane Asher
The things you leave school knowing - some dates and long division - so much of it has been of no use to me. Schools should teach the basics of cookery, first aid, how to look after your money and how to speak foreign languages. Useful things.
2
Alec Baldwin
I don't think acting is addictive. If I stopped acting tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. If you told me that I would have to sell real estate in New York City to look after my family, that would be fine with me.
3
Michael Bond
Paddington Bear was a refugee with a label - 'Please look after this bear. Thank you', and he had a little suitcase.
4
Wilford Brimley
The place was built on the premise that people want to gamble, and they may as well do it here. They look after their clientele, and, hell, they treat me like I'm one of their family.
5
Wilford Brimley
Hopefully, generations after us will continue to protect, preserve, and look after this wonderful land.
6
Patrick Chan
My parents are very good parents and have already said that they will look after me until the end of my skating career.
7
Joan Collins
I've never yet met a man who could look after me. I don't need a husband. What I need is a wife.
8
Mike Colter
As for facial hair, I think I decided it was a good look after graduate school. I always shave it myself and trim my own beard. I change the look depending on the role. For 'Million Dollar Baby,' I had no facial hair. For 'Men in Black 3,' I had no facial hair but did wear a wig.
9
Vicente del Bosque
I just wanted to defend football, which is not always easy to do. Those of us who have been in the sport so many years now realise we must protect it and look after it. I was speaking about football, what it means. It is our profession, it has been our lives, and we must take care of it a little.
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Vicente del Bosque
We must look after football and to do what it is necessary to bring to the game the best ethical values and personal behaviour.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOOK AFTER»

Discover the use of look after in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to look after and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Please Look After Mom
You will never think of your mother the same way again after you read this book. From the Hardcover edition.
Kyung-Sook Shin, 2011
2
Caring for Kittens: Beginners Guide on How to Look After a ...
This is a thorough guide for a new kitten owner, but is also an important book for anyone thinking of getting a kitten and wondering what was involved.
Elizabeth James, 2010
3
Look After Your Planet
Charlie has this little sister Lola.At the moment Lola is throwing everything away.'Why don't you recycle it?' says Charlie.And Lola says,'Recycle it? What is that?'Find out how you can look after YOUR Planet and do recycling too.
‎2011
4
Please look after this bear
Paddington Bear arrives at Paddington Station from deepest, darkest Peru and is taken home by the Brown family.
Michael Bond, 1986
5
Look after your heart: Brilliant Ideas for a Healthy Heart
Look after your arteries is the indispensable guide to taking care of our tickers, from diet to exercise, lifestyle to leisure.
Infinite Ideas, Dr Rob Hicks, Dr Ruth Chamers, 2012
6
Look After Each Other
Synopsis: Sofia Haslington is a 36-year-old mother and housewife kept under the thumb of her priggish, anal-retentive husband, Derek.
Marilyn L Rice, 2012
7
Look after your antiques
Gives practical tips on cleaning, repairing, and storing antique furniture, ceramics, textiles, leathers, jewelry, and sculpture
John Fitzmaurice Mills, 1981
8
Look After Me
'But we don't know the first thing about looking after babies.
Aoife Walsh, 2014
9
How to Look After a Rabbit
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Claire Llewellyn, 2003
10
Look after the pennies: numismatics and conservation in the ...
A useful guide to the processing of coins from excavations, which will be valuable reading for conservators and archaeologists, and museum curators.
Dana Goodburn-Brown, Julie Jones, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOOK AFTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term look after is used in the context of the following news items.
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"You look after your own": Referee Malcolm Holmes plays down …
The 49-year-old travelled more than 100 miles to Sherwood, in Nottinghamshire, to oversee two fixtures – before giving up half his match fees ... «Gloucestershire Echo, Jul 15»
2
PHOTOS: How school will look after proposed £20m state-of-the-art …
These are the first artist's impressions of how Bitterne Park secondary school will look after a £20m re-build project. The site on Copsewood ... «Daily Echo, Jul 15»
3
Liverpool Yo! Sushi reveals new look after makeover
With all new upholstery, brand new chairs and booths will make this the perfect place to get comfortable with friends for a fun and Japanese ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
4
Sask. family struggles to look after evacuated horses
Many evacuees living away from home for weeks have animals they had to relocate as well. Clifford Johnson and his wife Tina were evacuated ... «News Talk 650 CKOM, Jul 15»
5
Look after your feet is message to diabetics - Telegraph and Argus
Dr Sohail Abbas, one of the GPs leading the BBD campaign, said: “It's especially important to look after your feet if you have diabetes because ... «Bradford Telegraph and Argus, Jul 15»
6
Arunachal govt to look after welfare schemes
He asked the administration to look after the functioning of the programmes initiated by the Arunachal Pradesh Building and Other Construction ... «The Shillong Times, Jul 15»
7
How Many Children Could You Look After? Facebook Quiz Aims To …
You might dream of having a big family, but a new quiz doing the rounds on Facebook is predicting how many children you can really look after. «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
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New quiz tells you how many kids you could REALLY look after
Lots of girls dream of having big families when they're young. You picture big Christmas dinners, holidays where you need to rent more than ... «goodtoknow, Jul 15»
9
Care homes that employ 97 staff to look after just 10 residents are …
At capacity, the homes could look after 72 people. Councillors on the decision-making cabinet will be asked to approve a formal period of ... «expressandstar.com, Jul 15»
10
Up to province to look after Cape Breton railroad: Raitt
SYDNEY — The federal government will have no involvement in the future of the railway in Cape Breton, federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt ... «Daily Business Buzz, Jul 15»

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