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like

verb
/laɪ̯k//lʌɪk/CA

Etymology

Adjective from Middle English lik, lyk, lich, like, from Old English ġelīċ by shortening, influenced by Old Norse líkr, glíkr; both from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“like, similar, same”). Related to alike; more distantly, with lich and -ly. Cognate with West Frisian like (“like; as”), Saterland Frisian gliek (“like”), Danish lig (“alike”), Dutch gelijk (“like, alike”), German gleich (“equal, like”), Icelandic líkur (“alike, like, similar”), Norwegian lik (“like, alike”) Swedish lik (“like, similar”) Adverb from Middle English like, lyke, liche, lyche, from Old English ġelīċe (“likewise, also, as, in like manner, similarly”) and Old Norse líka (“also, likewise”); both from Proto-Germanic *galīkê, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“same, like, similar”). Conjunction from Middle English like, lyke, lik, lyk, from the adverb Middle English like. Preposition from Middle English like, lyke, liche, lyche, lijc, liih (“similar to, like, equal to, comparable with”), from Middle English like (adjective) and like (adverb).

  1. derived from *galīkaz✻ — “same, like, similar”
  2. inherited from *galīkê✻
  3. derived from líka — “also, likewise”
  4. inherited from ġelīċe — “likewise, also, as, in like manner, similarly”
  5. inherited from like
  6. inherited from *galīkaz✻ — “like, similar, same”
  7. derived from líkr
  8. inherited from ġelīċ
  9. inherited from lik

Definitions

  1. To enjoy, be pleased by

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

    • I like reading books.
    • I very much like hamburgers.
    • I like skiing in winter very much.

  2. 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.
    • We like to keep one around the office just in case.

  3. To find attractive

    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.”
    • I was dating someone I liked, but not enough to marry.
  4. ›+ 30 more definitions

    1. To want, desire. See also would like.

      • Would you like a cigarette?
      • We could go to the museum if you like.
      • May I leave now? ~ If you like.

    2. To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with…

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

      • I liked my friend's last status on Facebook.
      • I can't stand Bloggs' tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition.
      • What' up, y'all? I'm the last man on Earth. Shit's all fucked up. Don't forget to like and subscribe. We out here.

    3. Of inanimate objects

      Of inanimate objects:

      • Too bad this cheese likes to stick to the pan and ruin the whole meal.

    4. To come near

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

      • He liked to have been too late.
      • 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.

    5. To have an appearance or expression

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

      • You like well, and bear your years very well.

    6. To liken

      To liken; to compare.

      • And like me to the peasant boys of France.

    7. Something that a person likes (prefers).

      • Tell me your likes and dislikes.

    8. An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on…

      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
      • Likes are the social media currency undergirding an entire influencer economy, inspiring a million Kardashian wannabes and giving many of us regular people daily endorphin hits.

    9. Similar.

      • My partner and I have like minds.
      • The two cats were as like as though they had come from the same litter.

    10. Likely

      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.
      • Finding it was like to overblow, we took in our Sprit-ſail, and ſtood by to hand the Fore-ſail; but making foul Weather, we look'd the Guns were all faſt, and handed the Miſſen.

    11. inclined (to), prone (to).

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

    12. Likely.

      • DON PEDRO. May be she doth but counterfeit. CLAUDIO. Faith, like enough.
      • “You'll try it, some day, like enough; but you'll get tired of the change pretty soon.” “Why?” “Well, I'll tell you. Now you've always been a sailor; did you ever try some other business?”
      • If I can't spare the time—well, like as not we go anyhow. And where else can you ride all day with your saddle and neck full of snow brushed from the trees and still not freeze half to death?

    13. In a like or similar manner.

      • Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

    14. Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object

      Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.

      • There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like.
      • This is something the likes of which I've never seen before, and we should compare like with like instead.
      • "Such things do happen and centre round the wicked medium. You can get down into a region which is akin to the popular idea of witchcraft, it is dishonest to deny it." "Like attracts like," explained Mrs. Mailey[.]

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

      • to play the like

    16. As, the way.

      • 1966, Advertising slogan for Winston cigarettes Winston tastes good like a cigarette should
      • 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

    17. As if

      As if; as though; such as.

      • It looks like you've finished the project.
      • It seemed like you didn't care.
      • Why don’t we do something useful like clean the kitchen?

    18. Similar to, reminiscent of.

      • Folk like that I just can’t brook.
      • I’m very like my father.
      • Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.

    19. Typical of.

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

    20. Approximating.

      • Popcorn costs something like 10 dollars at the movies.

    21. In the manner of, similarly to.

      • He doesn't act like a president.

    22. Such as.

      • It's for websites like Wikipedia.

    23. As if there would be.

      • It looks like a hot summer in Europe.

    24. Used to ask for a description or opinion of someone or something.

      • I hear she has a new boyfriend. What's he like? –He's intelligent and handsome.
      • What’s the weather like in Ürümqi today?
      • What does your mom look like? –She's pretty.

    25. A delayed filler.

      • He was so angry, like.

    26. Indicating approximation or uncertainty.

      • There were, like, twenty of them.
      • [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!
      • "She's like brand new."

    27. Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that…

      Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.

      • I was like, “Why did you do that?” and he's like, “I don't know.”
      • A customer walked in like, "I demand to see the manager!"
      • 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."

    28. a discourse marker used to highlight or put focus on new information or a new development…

      a discourse marker used to highlight or put focus on new information or a new development in a story

      • She was, like, sooooo happy.
      • And then he, like, got all angry and left the room.

    29. To be likely.

      • 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.

    30. A surname.

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Derived

as you like, belike, beliked, forelike, I'd like to know, if you like, I like that, I like turtles, I'm in this photo and I don't like it, likable, likeability, likeable, likeful, like it or leave it, like it or lump it, like it or not, likejacking, like like, liker, likesome, likeworthy, mislike, semilike, unlikable, unlike, well-liking, would like, like farm, alike, as like as not, done like a dinner, it was like this, liddat, likam, -like, like a headless chook, like breaking sticks, like candy, like-cultured, like fudge · +36 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for like. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA