like

Pronunciation

• enPR: līk, IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯k/
• SAMPA: /laIk/

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Verb

Plain form like

Third-person singular likes

Past tense liked

Past participle liked

Present participle liking

1. To be happy about someone or something; to think that someone or something is good.

   I like good food.

Related words

• dislike
• likeable

Preposition

Preposition like

1. Almost the same.
   • Synonym: similar
   • Antonym: different

   Like those days, things are changing.

   My mother's eye's are green like mine.

   We don’t get along like we used to.

   It looks like it’s going to rain.

Related words

• unlike

Noun

Singular like

Plural likes

1. A like is something that you think is good.

   Our own likes and dislikes are shaped by what our parents liked.

2. 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.

3. 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.

Interjection

Interjection like

1. (informal) You use like, when you are trying to think about the right words.

   He's really, like you know, uh... difficult.

2. (informal) You use like when the information isn't exactly true.

   We went there when we were like five years old.

3. (informal) You use like when you are trying to make something sound softer.

   OK, like, why don't you try going there.

4. (informal) You use like before what somebody said.

   So, I'm like, "What do you mean." And he's like, "you know what I mean."

Adjective

Positive like

Comparative more like

Superlative most like

1. similar or the same

   She's very like her mother.

   Japan is becoming more like the U.S.

   They were dressed in like manner.

Related words

• unlike
• likeness