like

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UK /laɪ̯k/ US /lɑɪ̯k/

verb 6prep 5noun 4particle 4adj 3

Collocations

(verb.)

ADV

enormously, a lot, particularly, really

My sister particularly likes chocolate cake, so we always bake one for her birthday.

best, better

I like the chocolate cake better than the vanilla one.

quite, rather

always, never

My parents have always liked my best friend because she's polite and helpful.

VERB + LIKE

seem to

get to

She didn't enjoy the sport at first, but gradually got to like playing tennis with her friends.

PHRASES

be universally liked

Her friendly nature and sense of humor meant she was universally liked by her classmates.

Definitions

verb

To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.

I like reading books.

I very much like hamburgers.

To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.

I willingly confess that it likes me much better when I find virtue in a fair lodging than when I am bound to seek it in an ill-favoured creature.

His countenance likes me not.

To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.

And therefore it is the best way, if you like of it, to examine these taken from experiments touching the Earth, and then proceed to those of the other kind.

He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.

To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.

I like to go to the dentist every six months.

She likes to keep herself physically fit.

To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.

I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her.

― Enju: “Apparently when you like someone, you start talking like them.”

noun

Something that a person likes (prefers).

Tell me your likes and dislikes.

An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.

Social media is supervisual, and there's nothing more shareable than images, so this is a way to increase shares and likes and follows.

Dress for myself, I don't dress for hype / I dress for myself, you dress for the likes

adj

Similar.

My partner and I have like minds.

The two cats were as like as though they had come from the same litter.

Likely; probable.

But it is like the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices.

Many were […] not easy to be govern'd, nor like to conform themselves to such strict rules.

inclined (to), prone (to).

He seems like to run from any semblance of hard work.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a kind of person

verb — prefer or wish to do something

adjective — resembling or similar

similar

adjective — having the same or similar characteristics

similar

adjective — equal in amount or value

same

adjective — conforming in every respect

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

talk like an apothecary

To prattle.

As to Clement of Alexandria, I shall pass him by, as he knew nothing about the matter. He talks like an apothecary on the subject; and when did ever an apothecary talk to any purpo

squint like a bag of nails

To squint very much, as though one's eyes were directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails.

Does she squint like a bag of nails? Is she hideous? They always are!' The Earl stood back.'You may judge for yourself,' he said dryly. 'Miss Taverner, little though he may have re

sell like hot cakes

To be sold in large numbers quickly.

During a power outage, candles sell like hot cakes.

run around like a chicken with its head cut off

To act in a haphazard or aimless way; to act frantically or without control.

The president doesn't know what to do. He's running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

like a duck takes to water

Very naturally; without effort.

Near-synonyms: smoothly, gracefully

Example Bank

I like reading books.

Wiktionary

I very much like hamburgers.

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I like skiing in winter very much.

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Tell me your likes and dislikes.

Wiktionary

Social media is supervisual, and there's nothing more shareable than images, so this is a way to increase shares and likes and follows.

Wiktionary

Dress for myself, I don't dress for hype / I dress for myself, you dress for the likes

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, like is marked as archaic, obsolete, colloquial, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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