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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [lahyk]
    • /laɪk/
    • /laɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [lahyk]
    • /laɪk/

Definitions of like word

  • preposition like in like manner with; similarly to; in the manner characteristic of: He works like a beaver. 2
  • preposition like resembling (someone or something): He is just like his father. Your necklace is just like mine. 2
  • adjective like Digital Technology. (sometimes initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to a feature used to like specific website content: a Like button; like boxes. 1
  • preposition like characteristic of: It would be like him to forget our appointment. 1
  • preposition like as if there is promise of; indicative of: It looks like rain. 1
  • preposition like as if someone or something gives promise of being: She looks like a good prospect for the job. 1

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Origin of like

First appearance:

before 1150
One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English lic, lik < Old Norse līkr; replacing Old English gelīc, cognate with Dutch gelijk, German gleich, Old Norse glīkr, Gothic galeiks like, literally, of the same body or form. See y-, lich

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Like

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

like popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

like usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for like

verb like

  • admire — If you admire someone or something, you like and respect them very much.
  • appreciate — If you appreciate something, for example a piece of music or good food, you like it because you recognize its good qualities.
  • love — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
  • go for — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • prize — leverage.

adjective like

  • similar — having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way: two similar houses.
  • comparable — Something that is comparable to something else is roughly similar, for example in amount or importance.
  • alike — If two or more things are alike, they are similar in some way.
  • corresponding — parallel; equivalent
  • identical — similar or alike in every way: The two cars are identical except for their license plates.

noun like

  • two of a kind — two similar people or things
  • pendant — a hanging ornament, as an earring or the main piece suspended from a necklace.
  • match — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
  • ardency — having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent: an ardent vow; ardent love.

adverb like

conjunction like

  • as — If something happens as something else happens, it happens at the same time.

pronoun like

  • suchlike — of any such kind; similar.

general like

  • e.g. — for example
  • for example — as an example, by way of illustration

Antonyms for like

verb like

  • dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
  • hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
  • scorn — open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
  • despise — If you despise something or someone, you dislike them and have a very low opinion of them.
  • refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.

adjective like

  • different — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
  • dissimilar — not similar; unlike; different.
  • unlike — different, dissimilar, or unequal; not alike: They contributed unlike sums to charity.
  • away — If someone or something moves or is moved away from a place, they move or are moved so that they are no longer there. If you are away from a place, you are not in the place where people expect you to be.
  • changing — not remaining the same; transient

noun like

  • churlishness — The state of being churlish.
  • malignancy — the quality or condition of being malignant.
  • hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
  • biliousness — Physiology, Pathology. pertaining to bile or to an excess secretion of bile.
  • disgust — to cause loathing or nausea in.

preposition like

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