Meaning of like in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• (usually in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).

  Example: Tell me your likes and dislikes.

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

verb

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

  Example: I like hamburgers.

• To please.

• To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.

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

  Example: I like to go to the dentist every six months.

• To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).

• To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.

  Example: He liked to have been too late.

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

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

• To liken; to compare.

• To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.

  Example: I can't stand Bloggs' tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition.

• (with 'would' and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like.

  Example: We could go to the museum if you like.

noun

• (sometimes as the likes of') Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.

  Example: It was something the likes of which I had never seen before.

• The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.

  Example: to play the like

adjective

• Similar.

  Example: My partner and I have like minds.

• Likely; probable.

adverb

• Likely.

• In a like or similar manner.

preposition

• Similar to, reminiscent of.

• Typical of

  Example: It would be just like Achilles to be sulking in his tent.

• Approximating

  Example: Popcorn costs something like $10 dollars at the movies.

• In the manner of, similarly to.

  Example: He doesn't act like a president.

• Such as

  Example: It's for websites like Wikipedia.

• As if there would be.

  Example: It looks like a hot summer in Europe.

conjunction

• As, the way.

• As if; as though.

  Example: It looks like you've finished the project.

interjection

• Used to place emphasis upon a statement.

  Example: Divint ye knaa, like?

verb

• To be likely.