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Definitions and meaning of like
like
Alternative forms
lak
Pronunciation
enPR: līk, IPA(key): /laɪk/
Rhymes: -aɪk
Etymology 1
Verb from Middle Englishliken, from Old Englishlīcian(“to please; be sufficient”), from Proto-Germanic*līkāną(“to please”), from Proto-Indo-European*līg-, *leyg-(“image; likeness; similarity”). Cognate with Saterland Frisianliekje(“to be similar, resemble”), Dutchlijken(“to seem”), German Low Germanlieken(“to be like; resemble”), Germangleichen(“to resemble”), Swedishlika(“to like; put up with; align with”), Norwegianlike(“to like”), Icelandiclíka(“to like”).
Noun from Middle Englishlike(“pleasure, will, like”), from the verb Middle Englishliken(“to like”).
Verb
like (third-person singular simple presentlikes, present participleliking, simple past and past participleliked)
(transitive, archaic) To please.
To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
Antonyms:dislike, hate, mislike
(Can we date this quote by John Locke and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
He may either go or stay, as he best likes.
(obsolete) To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.
To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
(obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
(archaic) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.
To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
Synonyms:fancy(British), enjoy, love
Antonyms:dislike, hate, mislike
(obsolete) To liken; to compare.
(Internet, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
Antonym:unlike
(with 'would' and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like.
Usage notes
In its senses of “enjoy” and “maintain as a regular habit”, like is a catenative verb; in the former, it usually takes a gerund (-ing form), while in the latter, it takes a to-infinitive. See also Appendix:English catenative verbs.
Like is only used to mean “want” in certain expressions, such as “if you like” and “I would like”. The conditional form, would like, is used quite freely as a polite synonym for want.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
like like
would like
Translations
Noun
like (plurallikes)
(usually in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
Synonyms:favorite, preference
Antonyms:dislike, pet hate, pet peeve
(Internet) An individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet.
Translations
References
like on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Adjective from Middle Englishlike, lyke, from Old Englishġelīċ by shortening, influenced by Old Norselíkr, glíkr; both from Proto-Germanic*galīkaz(“like, similar, same”). Related to alike; more distantly, with lich and -ly. Cognate with West Frisianlike(“like; as”), Saterland Frisiangliek(“like”), Danishlig(“alike”), Dutchgelijk(“like, alike”), Germangleich(“equal, like”), Icelandiclíkur(“alike, like, similar”), Norwegianlik(“like, alike”)Swedishlik(“like, similar”)
Adverb from Middle Englishlike, lyke, liche, lyche, from Old Englishġelīċe(“likewise, also, as, in like manner, similarly”) and Old Norselíka(“also, likewise”); both from Proto-Germanic*galīka, from Proto-Germanic*galīkaz(“same, like, similar”).
Conjunction from Middle Englishlike, lyke, lik, lyk, from the adverb Middle Englishlike.
Preposition from Middle Englishlike, lyke, liche, lyche, lijc, liih(“similar to, like, equal to, comparable with”), from Middle Englishlike(adjective) and like(adverb).
Adjective
like (comparativemore like, superlativemost like)
Similar.
1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 3, Landlord Edmund
[…]and this is not a sky, it is a Soul and living Face! Nothing liker the Temple of the Highest, bright with some real effulgence of the Highest, is seen in this world.
(obsolete) Likely; probable.
(Can we date this quote by South and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
But it is like the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices.
(Can we date this quote by Clarendon and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
Many were not easy to be governed, nor like to conform themselves to strict rules.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
as like as not
Translations
Adverb
like (comparativemore like, superlativemost like)
(obsolete, colloquial) Likely.
1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 3
DON PEDRO. May be she doth but counterfeit.
CLAUDIO. Faith, like enough. [= Indeed, quite likely.]
(archaic or rare) In a like or similar manner.
Bible, Psalms ciii. 13
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Synonyms
for example
such as
(archaic) as
Translations
Noun
like (plurallikes)
(sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
(Can we date this quote?), Winston Churchill on T.E. Lawrence
We shall never see his like again.
(golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
Synonyms
ilk
Antonyms
antithesis, opposite
Derived terms
like-for-like
Translations
Conjunction
like
(colloquial) As, the way.
1966, Advertising slogan for Winston cigarettes
Winston tastes good like a cigarette should
1978, "Do Unto Others" by Bob Dylan
But if you do right to me, baby
I’ll do right to you, too
Ya got to do unto others
Like you’d have them, like you’d have them, do unto you
As if; as though.
Usage notes
The American Heritage Dictionary opines that using like as a conjunction, instead of as, the way, as if, or as though, is informal; it has, however, been routine since the Middle English period.
Derived terms
feel like, look like, seem like, sound like
Preposition
like
Similar to, reminiscent of.
Typical of
It would be just like Achilles to be sulking in his tent.
Approximating
Popcorn costs something like $10 dollars at the movies.
[Sally Brown:] Christmas is getting all you can get while the getting is good. [Charlie Brown:] GIVING! The only real joy is GIVING! [Sally Brown, rolling her eyes:] Like, wow!
(colloquial)indicating approximation or uncertainty
(colloquial, slang)When preceded by any form of the verb to be, used to mean “to say” or “to think”; used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase.
2006, Lily Allen, Knock 'Em Out
You're just doing your own thing and some one comes out the blue,
They're like, "Alright"
What ya saying, "Yeah can I take your digits?"
And you're like, "no not in a million years, you're nasty please leave me alone."
Synonyms
(delayed filler): I mean, you know
(mild intensifier): I mean, well, you know
(indicating approximation or uncertainty): I mean, well, you know
(colloquial: used to precede paraphrased quotations): be all, go
Usage notes
The use as a quotative is informal. It is commonly used by young people, and commonly disliked by older generations, especially in repeated use. It may be combined with the use of the present tense as a narrative. Similar terms are to go and all, as in I go, “Why did you do that?” and he goes, “I don't know” and I was all, “Why did you do that?” and he was all, “I don't know.” These expressions can imply that the attributed remark which follows is representative rather than necessarily an exact quotation; however, in speech these structures do tend to require mimicking the original speaker's inflection in a way said would not.
Excessive use of "like" as a meaningless filler is widely criticised.
Translations
Interjection
like
(Liverpudlian, Tyneside) Used to place emphasis upon a statement.
Etymology 3
From like(adverb) and like(adjective).
Verb
like (third-person singular simple presentlikes, present participleliking, simple past and past participleliked)
(chiefly dialectal, intransitive) To be likely.
References
A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN