Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- auxiliary verb Used with a past infinitive or with to and a simple past form to indicate being just on the point of or coming near to having done something in the past.
- intransitive verb To find pleasant or attractive; enjoy.
- intransitive verb To want to have.
- intransitive verb To prefer.
- intransitive verb To feel about; regard.
- intransitive verb To believe or predict that (a certain competitor) will win a contest.
- intransitive verb To perform well under (a given condition) or using (a given feature).
- intransitive verb Archaic To be pleasing to.
- intransitive verb To have an inclination or a preference.
- intransitive verb Scots To be pleased.
- noun Something that is liked; a preference.
- idiom (like it or not) No matter how one might feel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of similar form, appearance, or quality; of corresponding kind, amount, extent, degree, etc.; corresponding; equal or equivalent; analogous; agreeing in some noticeable respect: as, territory of like extent; two men of like pursuits and tastes.
- Having resemblance; similar in any respect; resembling: followed by to or a dative case (sometimes by as), the word or phrase governed by to being, however, often omitted: as, they are as like (to each other) as two peas.
- Likely; liable.
- Synonyms Allied, cognate, analogous, parallel.
- noun A person or thing resembling another; a counterpart; a resemblance; a similar character, condition, or example.
- noun Body; form; the body of a human being or of any animal.
- noun A dead body; a corpse.
- To regard or describe as resembling; liken; compare.
- In the same or a similar manner; equally; correspondingly.
- In the manner of; in the same way as.
- Likely; probably.
- As it were; so to speak: used after clauses or phrases with a signification similar to that of like suffixed to nouns. See
like , adjective, 2. - See
fun . - noun A liking; a fancy; an inclination: used chiefly in the phrase likes and dislikes.
- To be likely: chiefly or only in the preterit liked, equivalent to had like. See
like , adjective - As; as if.
- noun In golf, a stroke which equalizes the number played by the other side.
- As well as; as also.
- To please; be pleasing to; be agreeable to; suit; satisfy: used impersonally, and followed by an object, originally dative, of the person.
- To regard with favor; be well affected toward; be pleased with; take pleasure in.
- To agree with, as food or drink.
- To be suitable or agreeable; give satisfaction.
- To be pleased or suited; choose: used absolutely, but formerly sometimes followed by of.
- To thrive; grow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which is equal or similar to another; the counterpart; an exact resemblance; a copy.
- noun A liking; a preference; inclination; -- usually in pl..
- noun (Golf) The stroke which equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
- adverb In a manner like that of; in a manner similar to.
- adverb In a like or similar manner.
- adverb Likely; probably.
- adjective 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. - adjective Equal, or nearly equal.
- adjective Having probability; affording probability; probable; likely.
- adjective Inclined toward; disposed to.
- adjective had nearly; came little short of.
- adjective (Geom.) similar figures.
- intransitive verb To be pleased; to choose.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Plus I like absurd but not "dirty" humor..like Carl Hiaasen and Tim Dorsey.
Here Is a Fantasy Book Plot You Don't See Everyday Jeff C 2010
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Plus I like absurd but not "dirty" humor..like Carl Hiaasen and Tim Dorsey.
Archive 2010-01-01 Jeff C 2010
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I dont think anything new or different could revive his career or the publics interest and frankly, he doesnt make a believable lead man, especially when it comes to romance…..like Will Ferrell or not, this movie seems like it will fail.
Will Ferrell Remaking 'I Do: How to Get Married and Stay Single' « FirstShowing.net 2010
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I like not ordinary movies like these. not that i am gay or enything but.
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Feels like to me..like its alot of filler for February and we are just waiting for March 6th and ….
Box Office Report Feb.13-15: Jason Voorhees Slices His Way To The Top! | We Are Movie Geeks 2009
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Just like producers in the music industry, most writers and directors in Hollywood are simply work for hire yunno..like hoes that go from job to job in order to make a living.
Dart Adams presents Demo Films & Fan Made Trailers Dart Adams 2009
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*** Remember with us you can eat & drink what you like; read what you like; marry anyone you like; be gay if you like***
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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He actually did look like the punisher.thats my 2 cents ,,like it's worth even 1,so enjoy or don't,but hey I didn't agree with the reveiwer but lets ease off the personal slammming it's pretty low rent.
Kevin's Review: Punisher: War Zone - The Death of The Punisher « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Law & Order is annoying in a lot of ways but I like shows *like* that.
"People like this should be air-dropped into reality. I'll bet dollars to donuts that she voted for Bush. " Ann Althouse 2008
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*** Remember with us you can eat & drink what you like; read what you like; marry anyone you like; be gay if you like***
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Deep like When you scroll through your crush's (or potential date's) social media profiles and like very, very old photos, either intentionally or accidentally. A deep like risks letting someone know that you're not only interested in them but that you also spent time researching them.
Bulky Cameras, Meet The Lens-less FlatCam Laura Roman 2018
jaymediane commented on the word like
October 22, 2007
jaymediane commented on the word like
Valley Speak
As an adverb: I, like, died!
As a quotative: She was, like, no way!
Like can also be used to communicate a pantomime, or to paraphrase an explicitly unspoken idea or sentiment: I was like (speaker rolls eyes).
As a hedge: I have, like, no money.
As a discourse particle or interjection: I, like, don't know what to do.
It is also becoming more often used at the end of a sentence, as an alternative to you know: I didn't say, like, anything.
October 22, 2007
jaymediane commented on the word like
Shaggy: "Like, let's get outta here, Scoob!"
October 22, 2007
uselessness commented on the word like
Oh, there's an obscure usage you missed: "I like ice cream."
It indicates favor. Mostly obsolete.
October 22, 2007
reesetee commented on the word like
Thanks, uselessness. Just so. :-)
October 22, 2007
jrome commented on the word like
to fall in like (for love):
"Before I discovered you could set up a "disk browser" in TextWrangler, I fell in like with TextMate. I seem to be in good company because I keep recognizing TextMate in screencasts." from http://blog.contenthere.net/2008/06/i-use-this.html
June 24, 2008
skipvia commented on the word like
Okay--which one of you Wordies is behind this movement?
Anyone seen chained_bear lately?
August 3, 2008
yarb commented on the word like
There must be multiple theses on this phenomenon by now. Can anyone direct me?
n.b. skip: not me. But I'll donate.
August 3, 2008
reesetee commented on the word like
Skipvia: I confess. Chained_bear and I are campaigning to ban the word from the English language.
August 4, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word like
We are?
August 4, 2008
reesetee commented on the word like
Yes! Yes, remember? We...uh...had that meeting? About not liking "like"? *kicks c_b under the table*
August 5, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word like
OWW! What'dja do that for?! *whips cupcake at reesetee's head*
*followed closely by a marshmallow*
August 5, 2008
reesetee commented on the word like
A marshmallow? You threw a marshmallow at me? Of all the....
*indiscriminately flings cupcake at chained_bear's snout*
August 5, 2008
dontcry commented on the word like
Corners!
August 5, 2008
bilby commented on the word like
You'd think these two were married, the way they carry on.
August 5, 2008
plethora commented on the word like
Is it amusing to anyone else that at the bottom of that poster the "e" has been left out of "awareness"?
August 5, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word like
Ha! I didn't notice that!
August 5, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word like
*takes reesetee's indiscriminate, icing-smeared cupcake and rubs it in reesetee's EAR*
*topped with a marshmallow!*
August 5, 2008
reesetee commented on the word like
*Grabs an overripe banana and mashes it into chained_bear's fur*
*topped with a marshmallow*
August 5, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word like
*roars and runs off to bathe in a river and get that disgusting shit offa me*
August 5, 2008
dontcry commented on the word like
Good catch, pleth. I was focused on that..."thing" in the lower left corner. Is that, like, the worst logo ever??
August 5, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word like
Just looked at it again. Not only is "awareness" missing the first E, but "Academy" is misspelled. Spec-TAC-ular.
*fur dripping*
August 5, 2008
vanishedone commented on the word like
The state of being AWAR?
Acutally, the OED lists awar as Old English and one of many variants of owhere, 'anywhere'.
An acadamy is perhaps an academy for dames.
August 6, 2008
bilby commented on the word like
The way teens talk, like, serves a purpose.
December 14, 2008
reesetee commented on the word like
Does it, like, bother you that the researcher's first name is, like, Muffy?
December 16, 2008
plethora commented on the word like
As a teenage girl, I say to that article, pfft!
January 28, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word like
Like has been looked up 974 times, favorited 0 times, listed 45 times, commented on 27 times, and has a Scrabble score of 8.
July 24, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word like
Jinkies!
"2. A dead body; a corpse."
--Century Dictionary
March 23, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word like
I rike you.
March 23, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word like
Hm--rike, rake, roke.
March 23, 2011
alexz commented on the word like
Noun'd by Facebook. 👍
April 19, 2016