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Meaning like meaning

What does like mean?
Definitions in simple English

like Adjective

— similar or the same She's very like her mother. Japan is becoming more like the U.S. They were dressed in like manner.

like Verb

— To be happy about someone or something; to think that someone or something is good. I like good food.

like Noun

— A like is something that you think is good. Our own likes and dislikes are shaped by what our parents liked. — At the end of a list of things, and the like means: and other similar things. She's good at science, math, and the like. — You use the likes of someone to show that you don't think that person is a good person. You shouldn't be hanging around with the likes of him.

like Interjection

— You use like, when you are trying to think about the right words. He's really, like you know, uh... difficult. — You use like when the information isn't exactly true. We went there when we were like five years old. — You use like when you are trying to make something sound softer. OK, like, why don't you try going there. — You use like before what somebody said. So, I'm like, "What do you mean." And he's like, "you know what I mean."

like

— verb (= wish, care) prefer or wish to do something Do you care to try this dish? Would you like to come along to the movies? — verb find enjoyable or agreeable I like jogging She likes to read Russian novels — adjective (= similar) 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 — verb be fond of I like my nephews — verb feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard How did you like the President's speech last night? — verb want to have I'd like a beer now! — adjective (= same) equal in amount or value like amounts equivalent amounts the same amount gave one six blows and the other a like number the same number — adjective (= alike, similar) having the same or similar characteristics all politicians are alike they looked utterly alike friends are generally alike in background and taste — noun (= ilk) a kind of person We'll not see his like again I can't tolerate people of his ilk — noun (= the like, the likes of) a similar kind dogs, foxes, and the like we don't want the likes of you around here — adjective (= corresponding) conforming in every respect boxes with corresponding dimensions the like period of the preceding year

Synonyms like synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as like?

like English » English

as love similar similar to want resembling alike as if enjoy desire resemble equal be fond of such as same such appreciate fond of wish same as as though prefer fancy please identical care how comparable analogous just like favor equal to admire think well of so just as for instance fond favour even equivalent choose think highly of suit rate prize need likeness judge impress

Topics like topics

What do people use like to talk about?
States Quality Type, kind Compare

Like, similar
Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Like, love
Language and thought Emotion Feel good Like, love

Enjoy doing something
Social behavior Behavior

Love
Grammar Case Primary cases

Way, manner
Grammar Connected with, related

Discourse markers
Language and thought Think Opinion

Agree with someone
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly
Language and thought Emotion Feel good Like, love

Prefer
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Afraid

Worried
States Quantity Plural

Many, much
Person Body functions

Sweat
Person Sense, perceive See

Appearance
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Sound
Person Sense, perceive

Taste
Person Sense, perceive

Smell
Person Sense, perceive

Sense of touch
Person Healthy

Sick
Person Healthy Symptom of disease

Lose consciousness
Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Notice
Language and thought

Want
Language and thought Want

Offer
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Dislike
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Angry
Language and thought Communication Say Talk about a subject

Explain
Social behavior Behavior Good, moral

Mature in behavior
Social behavior Behavior Good, moral Mature in behavior

Immature in behavior
Social behavior Religion

Supernatural being
Daily life Food Eat

Manner of eating
Work and occupation Work

Job satisfaction
States Quantity All Exact

Approximate
States Quality Type, kind Compare

Same
States Time Relative time Order, sequence

Regular
Grammar General words

Thing
Grammar General words

General adverbs
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs

Agent-oriented modalities

  • desire: the agent of the verb desires or wants to complete the action of the verb.
    want to would like to
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Certainly, definitely
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Sure
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Probably
Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations

And, also
Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers

Markers of identificational and explanatory clauses

Conjugation like conjugation

How do you conjugate like?

like · verb

Examples like examples

How do I use like in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Would you like something to drink?
Would you like to dance with me?
I'd like to stay for one night.
I don't like learning irregular verbs.
He's sleeping like a baby.
I hope he'll be able to come! I'd like to see him.
You like fruit.
Do you like Mozart's music?
If I could be like that.
I've always wondered what it'd be like to have siblings.
It's a word I'd like to find a substitute for.
It's a word I'd like to find a replacement for.
It's always been like that.
Whenever I find something I like, it's too expensive.
I don't like it when mathematicians who know much more than I do can't express themselves explicitly.
I don't like it when mathematicians who know much more than I do can't express themselves clearly.
I like candlelight.
I don't like you anymore.
I no longer like you.
You could at least try to be a bit more polite, even though it's not like you.
Would you like to drink anything?
I didn't like it.
Someday I'll run like the wind.
When you're beginning to look like the photo in your passport, you should go on a holiday.
Math is like love - a simple idea, but it can get complicated.

Movie subtitles

Dogs mark their territory like this.
It's not like it was hard to live or even starve to death.
Do you like me that much?
Is seems like she didn't know. Why don't you forgive her.
So this is how Hot Room looks like.
You don't look like you did.
Did you like me that much?
Even if you like me that much. All the way from Australia. Why would you come all this way?
It doesn't seem like we talked to each other that much.
But I'm not someone that anyone would like at first sight.
In anycase, thank you for liking a girl like me.
How can her life be like that?
Even though I appreciate it, I already have someone I like. There's no room for you.
Even though your mom lives her life like that Even though she's an idiot, She doesn't throw away her children.
No, it's not like that.
Do you like it?
Apparently on lack of evidence. Well, it looks like he was thoroughly investigated, thanks to that incident with Zero.
When we're like this, it doesn't seem too different from being in Britannia.
That's why. I would at least like a world without war. A place where we won't lose dear ones.
We'll treat you like a warrior.
Sorry about having you drop me off like this.
Garbage like you should just die where no one can. let's break this up.
I did like her.
It looks like he can see me.
I've become like Mao!
This isn't like Euphemia at all.
Just like the other planets.
In the middle of the 19th century we knew that the stars were in fact like the sun.
Stuff like that is easy to get because the screws turn a blind eye to those kind of things.
And, oh, have you ever, like, held a girl's hand while eating a PBJ?
And, like, you know, when you're sitting around with your friends playing video games and it's fun, but if you munch a nice, big PBJ first, it's even awesomer.
Like everything's right with the world.
So, here's the thing that makes most kids happy, but the teachers act like the peanut is the devil's bean.
Every night after school, me, Mickey, and Pork Chop are making sandwiches for, like, two solid hours, sometimes three.
I'm kind of like the Santa Claus of PBJs.
See, the thing is, me and my friends, we really like PBJs.
I like those too.
Nick wouldn't like it very much.
Because it was like I couldn't think straight.
Looks like the money's floating.
Come on! I only eat bugs when I'm really hungry, like when my mom sleeps in and forgets to pack my lunch.
No? I hated betraying Nick, but it was like Frankie had me by the nut sack.

News and current affairs

Yet 2008-2009, like 1989, may very well correspond to an epochal change, whose unfolding consequences will be felt for decades.
As a visiting professor at Harvard and MIT, I am getting a good preview of what the world could look like when the crisis finally passes.
One senses something like the making of an American-Asian dominated universe.
The UN, like the dream of European unity, was also part of the 1945 consensus.
The feature of the proposed pact that elicits the most excitement - its focus on regulatory barriers like mandatory product standards - should actually incite the greatest concern.
Like history, social-scientific theory is written by the victors and shaped by the context and challenges of its time.
Economists like Hyman Minsky, who tried to correct this, were largely ignored as Milton Friedman and others led the profession's push for free markets and minimal government intervention.
New thinking is required to manage these massive and systemic changes, as well as the integration of giants like China and India into the modern world.
Unfortunately, like so many other international agreements, the Convention on Biological Diversity remains essentially unknown, un-championed, and unfulfilled.
Some European academics tried to argue that there was no need for US-like fiscal transfers, because any desired degree of risk sharing can, in theory, be achieved through financial markets.
Like Pavlov's dog, Alex is being programmed to respond with nausea to violence and sex.
This scene remains shocking, but, like most science fiction, it has aged.
And those who, like the psychopathic Alex, need the most help are probably those who would want it least.
Like former Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, the only other KGB man to rule Russia, Putin will become the party's general secretary.
The parent bank would like to use these funds to reinforce the group's liquidity.
What, then, will a future risk assessment look like if significantly less organized and developed countries begin - with the active assistance of the nuclear powers - to acquire civilian nuclear-energy capabilities?
This is Manicheanism of the left, and, like Manicheanism of the political right, it can distort reality to the point of becoming divorced from it.
European countries have become so interconnected that isolated national measures on issues like financial-market regulation are hopeless.
A changing world in which new powers like China and India play an increasingly important role will not wait for Europe to make up its mind.
If this constitution were accepted in anything like the proposed form, the EU would gain many attributes and trappings of statehood: its own president and foreign minister, its own legal system.
It had no choice: with financial turmoil threatening to spread from small countries like Greece and Ireland to large ones like Italy and Spain, the euro's very survival was in growing jeopardy.
It makes much more sense to tax things that are bad, like pollution, than things that are good, like savings and work.

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