like
Noun · Verb · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Verb (5)likes, liked, liking
- to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something“Do you care to try this dish?”“Would you like to come along to the movies?”“I wish I could go home now”Synonyms: wishcareMore general desire, wantMore specific please
- find enjoyable or agreeable“I like jogging”“She likes to read Russian novels”Opposite dislikeMore general feel, experienceMore specific love, prefer, care for, cottonInvolves approve
- be fond of“I like my nephews”More general know
- feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard“How did you like the President's speech last night?”More general see, consider
- want to have“I'd like a beer now!”More general desire, want
Adjective (4)liker, likest
- resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination“suits of like design”“a limited circle of like minds”“members of the cat family have like dispositions”“as like as two peas in a pod”“doglike devotion”“a dreamlike quality”Synonyms: similarOpposite unlikeSimilar like-minded, suchlike, look-alikeSee also same
- equal in amount or value“like amounts”“the same amount”“gave one six blows and the other a like number”“the same number”Synonyms: sameOpposite unlikeSee also equal
- having the same or similar characteristics“all politicians are alike”“they looked utterly alike”“friends are generally alike in background and taste”Synonyms: alikesimilarRelates to likeness, alikeness
- conforming in every respect“boxes with corresponding dimensions”“the like period of the preceding year”Synonyms: comparablecorrespondingOpposite differentSimilar same
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Translations
Verb to enjoy
- Spanish
- gustar
- French
- aimer bien
- German
- mögen
- Italian
- piacere
- Portuguese
- gostar
- Turkish
- hoşlanmak
- Russian
- нра́виться nrávitʹsja
- Arabic
- أَحَبَّ ʔaḥabba
- Chinese
- 喜欢 xǐhuan
- Japanese
- 好き suki
36 more languages
- Dutch
- leuk vinden
- Polish
- lubić
- Swedish
- tycka om
- Greek
- μου αρέσει mou arései
- Korean
- 좋아하다 joahada
- Indonesian
- suka
- Vietnamese
- thích
- Hungarian
- kedvel
- Portuguese (PT)
- gostar
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 喜歡 xǐhuan
- Albanian
- pëlqej
- Breton
- karout
- Catalan
- agradar
- Corsican
- amà
- Czech
- mít rád
- Danish
- kunne lide
- Esperanto
- ŝati
- Estonian
- meeldima
- Finnish
- pitää
- Georgian
- მოწონება moc̣oneba
- Hebrew
- אָהַב aháv
- Icelandic
- líka
- Kurdish
- ecibandin
- Latvian
- patikt
- Lithuanian
- patikti
- Malagasy
- tia
- Norwegian
- like
- Romanian
- plăcea
- Scottish Gaelic
- is toil le
- Serbo-Croatian
- sviđati se
- Slovak
- páčiť sa
- Slovenian
- imeti rad
- Swahili
- kupenda
- Walloon
- inmer
- Welsh
- hoffi
- Yiddish
- געפֿעלן gefeln
Preposition similar to
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. lik, ilik, gelic, AS. gelīc, fr. pref. ge- + līc body, and orig. meaning, having the same body, shape, or appearance, and hence, like; akin to OS. gilīk, D. gelijk, G. gleich, OHG. gilīh, Icel. līkr, glīkr, Dan. lig, Sw. lik, Goth. galeiks, OS. lik body, D. lijk, G. leiche, Icel. līk, Sw. lik, Goth. leik. The English adverbial ending-ly is from the same adjective. Cf. Each, Such, Which.
1. Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; — often with in and the particulars of the resemblance; as, they are like each other in features, complexion, and many traits of character.
'T is as like you As cherry is to cherry.— William Shakespeare
Like master, like man.— Old Prov.
He giveth snow like wool; he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.— Ps. cxlvii. 16.
☞ To, which formerly often followed like, is now usually omitted.
2. Equal, or nearly equal; as, fields of like extent.
More clergymen were impoverished by the late war than ever in the like space before.— Thomas Sprat
3. Having probability; affording probability; probable; likely. [Likely is more used now.] William Shakespeare
But it is like the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices.— Robert South
Many were not easy to be governed, nor like to conform themselves to strict rules.— Edward Hyde, first earl of Clarendon
4. Inclined toward; disposed to; as, to feel like taking a walk.
Had like (followed by the infinitive), had nearly; came little short of.
Had like to have been my utter overthrow.— Sir Walter Raleigh
Ramona had like to have said the literal truth,... but recollected herself in time.— Mrs. Helen Hunt, known as "H. H." Jackson
Like figures Geometry, similar figures.
☞ Like is used as a suffix, converting nouns into adjectives expressing resemblance to the noun; as, manlike, like a man; childlike, like a child; godlike, like a god, etc. Such compounds are readily formed whenever convenient, and several, as crescentlike, serpentlike, hairlike, etc., are used in this book, although, in some cases, not entered in the vocabulary. Such combinations as bell-like, ball-like, etc., are hyphened.
1. That which is equal or similar to another; the counterpart; an exact resemblance; a copy.
He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.— William Shakespeare
2. A liking; a preference; inclination; — usually in pl.; as, we all have likes and dislikes.
3. Golf The stroke which equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side; as, to play the like.
Origin: AS. gelīce. See Like, adjective
1. In a manner like that of; in a manner similar to; as, do not act like him.
He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.— Job xii. 25.
☞ Like, as here used, is regarded by some grammarians as a preposition.
2. In a like or similar manner. William Shakespeare
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.— Ps. ciii. 13.
3. Likely; probably. “Like enough it will.” William Shakespeare
Origin: OE. liken to please, AS. līcian, gelīcian, fr. gelīc. See Like, adjective
1. To suit; to please; to be agreeable to. obsolete
Cornwall him liked best, therefore he chose there.— Robert of Gloucester
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-favored creature.— Sir Philip Sidney
2. To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to take satisfaction in; to enjoy.
He proceeded from looking to liking, and from liking to loving.— Sir Philip Sidney
3. To liken; to compare. obsolete
Like me to the peasant boys of France.— William Shakespeare
1. To be pleased; to choose.
He may either go or stay, as he best likes.— John Locke
2. To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition). obsolete
You like well, and bear your years very well.— William Shakespeare
3. To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly; as, he liked to have been too late. Cf. Had like, under Like, adjective colloquial
He probably got his death, as he liked to have done two years ago, by viewing the troops for the expedition from the wall of Kensington Garden.— Horace Walpole
To like of, to be pleased with. obsolete Philip Massinger
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement