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- Dictionarylike/līk/
preposition
- 1. having the same characteristics or qualities as; similar to: "they were like brothers" Similar Opposite
- 2. used to draw attention to the nature of an action or event: "I apologize for coming over unannounced like this"
conjunction
- 1. in the same way that; as: "people who change countries like they change clothes"
- 2. as though; as if: "I felt like I'd been kicked by a camel"
noun
- 1. used with reference to a person or thing of the same kind as another: "the quotations could be arranged to put like with like"
adjective
- 1. (of a person or thing) having similar qualities or characteristics to another person or thing: "I responded in like manner"
adverb
- 1. used in speech as a meaningless filler or to signify the speaker's uncertainty about an expression just used: informal "I was, like, so hyped up I couldn't go to sleep"
- 2. used to convey a person's reported attitude or feelings in the form of direct speech (whether or not representing an actual quotation): informal "so she comes into the room and she's like “Where is everybody?”"
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1. a. : to feel attraction toward or take pleasure in : enjoy. likes baseball. b. : to feel toward : regard. how would you like a change. 2. : to wish to have : want. would like a drink. 3. : to do well in. this plant likes dry soil. my car does not like cold weather. 4.
to enjoy or approve of something or someone: I like your new haircut. Do you like fish? I like it when a book is so good that you can't put it down. I quite like wine but I could live without it. He's very well-liked (= popular) at work.
corresponding or agreeing in general or in some noticeable respect; similar; analogous: drawing, painting, and like arts. bearing resemblance. Dialect. likely or probable: 'Tis like that he's gone mad. Dialect. about; almost ready, as to perform some action: The poor chap seemed like to run away. preposition.
If you say that someone is behaving like something or someone else, you mean that they are behaving in a way that is typical of that kind of thing or person. Like is used in this way in many fixed expressions, for example to cry like a baby and to watch someone like a hawk.
The meaning of like has to do with being similar: maybe you sound just like your sister when you answer the phone. Or, in giving an example, like is the go-to word to introduce it: "We enjoy sports like hockey."
1. To have an inclination or a preference: If you like, we can meet you there. 2. Scots To be pleased. n. Something that is liked; a preference: made a list of his likes and dislikes. Idiom: like it or not. No matter how one might feel: Like it or not, we have to get up early tomorrow.
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similar to or in the same way as someone or something: I wish I were slim like you. They were acting like children. He looks like his father. It sounded like Harry. Fewer examples. Tim looks just like his father. He drives like a maniac. She dealt with the problem like a true professional.
(laɪk) 1.preposition. If you say that one person or thing is like another, you mean that they share some of the same qualities or features. He looks like Father Christmas. It's a bit like going to the dentist; it's never as bad as you fear. It's nothing like what happened in the mid-Seventies. 2.preposition.
Definition of like preposition in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
