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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Usage notes 1.2.1.2 Synonyms 1.2.1.3 Antonyms 1.2.1.4 Derived terms 1.2.1.5 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adjective 1.3.2 Preposition 1.3.2.1 Antonyms 1.3.2.2 Derived terms 1.3.2.3 Translations 1.3.3 Particle 1.3.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 Noun 1.3.4.1 Synonyms 1.3.4.2 Antonyms 1.3.4.3 Translations 1.3.4.4 Derived terms 1.3.5 Interjection 1.3.5.1 References 2 Mandarin 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adverb 2.3 See also 3 Norwegian 3.1 Verb 4 Scots 4.1 Interjection 5 Swedish 5.1 Noun

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
its	time	only	#75: like	little	now	then

[ Pronunciation

• enPR: līk, IPA: /laɪk/, SAMPA: /laIk/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -aɪk

[ Etymology 1

From Old English līcian.

[ Verb

Infinitive to like

Third person singular likes

Simple past liked

Past participle liked

Present participle liking

to like (third-person singular simple present likes, present participle liking, simple past and past participle liked)

1. (transitive) To enjoy, be in favor/favour of.

   I like hamburgers.

   I like the Milwaukee Braves this season.

   I like skiing in winter.

2. (transitive) To find attractive; to love.

   I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her.

3. (transitive) To do regularly.

   I like to go to the dentist every 6 months.

4. (in certain expressions) To want.
   • 1865 July 4, Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, chapter 10,

     “I can tell you more than that, if you like,” said the Gryphon. “Do you know why it’s called a whiting?”

[ Usage notes

• (enjoy, do regularly): In its senses of “enjoy” and “do regularly”, like is a catenative verb; in the former, it takes a gerund (-ing form), while in the latter, it takes a to-infinitive. See also Appendix:English catenative verbs.
• (want): Like is only used to mean “want” in certain expressions, notably “if you like”. That said, its conditional form, would like, is used quite freely as a polite synonym for “want”.

[ Synonyms

• (enjoy): appreciate, enjoy
• (find attractive): be attracted to, fancy (British), like like (slang, childish)

[ Antonyms

• dislike, hate

[ Derived terms

• dislike
• would like

[ Translations

enjoy

Arabic: حب, استمطع Catalan: agradar ca(ca) Chinese: 喜歡 cmn(cmn) (xǐhuan) Czech: mít rád cs(cs), líbit se cs(cs) (with subject and object reversed) Dutch: houden van nl(nl), graag hebben nl(nl), lusten nl(nl), graag lusten nl(nl) Esperanto: plaĉi al eo(eo) (with subject and object reversed), ŝati eo(eo) (modern), ami eo(eo) (traditional) Filipino: magustohan Finnish: pitää fi(fi) French: aimer fr(fr), plaire à fr(fr) (with subject and object reversed) German: mögen de(de), gern haben de(de), gefallen de(de) + dat (with subject and object reversed) Greek, Modern: μου αρέσει el(el), μ'αρέσει el(el) (with subject and object reversed)

Hungarian: szeret hu(hu), kedvel hu(hu) Ido: prizar io(io) Irish: is maith le ga(ga) (with subject and object reversed) Italian: piacere a it(it) (with subject and object reversed) Japanese: すき ja(ja) (suki) Kurdish: Sorani: پێخۆشبوون ku(ku) (pé xoshbún), حه‌زلێبوون ku(ku) (hez lébún) Lithuanian: patikti lt(lt) (subject and object reversed) Polish: lubić pl(pl) Portuguese: gostar de pt(pt) Romanian: plăcea ro(ro) (with subject and object reversed) Russian: нравиться ru(ru) (nrávit's'a) (intransitive), любить ru(ru) (l'ubít') Spanish: gustar es(es) (with subject and object reversed) Swedish: tycka om sv(sv), gilla sv(sv)

find attractive

Catalan: agradar ca(ca) Czech: mít rád cs(cs), líbit se cs(cs) (with subject and object reversed) Dutch: graag hebben nl(nl), graag zien nl(nl) zich aangetrokken voelen tot nl(nl) Esperanto: havi eo(eo) inklinon eo(eo) por eo(eo) German: mögen de(de), gern haben de(de), gefallen de(de) + dat (with subject and object reversed)

Kurdish: Sorani: حه‌زلێکردن‌ ku(ku) (hezlékirdin) Polish: lubić pl(pl) Portuguese: gostar pt(pt) Russian: нравиться ru(ru) (intransitive) Spanish: gustar es(es) (with subject and object reversed) Swedish: tycka om sv(sv), gilla sv(sv)

[ Etymology 2

From Old English līc.

[ Adjective

like (comparative more like, superlative most like)

1. similar

[ Preposition

like

1. Somewhat similar to, reminiscent of.

   These hamburgers taste like leather.

[ Antonyms

• (somewhat similar to): unlike

[ Derived terms

• feel like
• look like
• seem like
• sound like

[ Translations

somewhat similar to

Arabic: زي ar(ar) (Egyptian dialect) Breton: evel br(br) Catalan: com ca(ca) Czech: jako cs(cs), jak cs(cs) Dutch: zoals nl(nl), als nl(nl), lijkend op nl(nl), gelijk nl(nl) (maybe only in Flanders) Esperanto: kiel eo(eo), kvazaŭ eo(eo) Finnish: kuten fi(fi) French: comme fr(fr) German: wie de(de) Greek: σαν el(el) (san) Hungarian: mint hu(hu) Ido: quale io(io)

Italian: come it(it) Kurdish: Sorani: وه‌ک ku(ku) (wak) Lithuanian: lyg lt(lt) Polish: jak pl(pl) Portuguese: como pt(pt) Russian: как ru(ru) Slovene: kot sl(sl) Spanish: como es(es) Swedish: som sv(sv) Welsh: fel cy(cy)

[ Particle

like

1. (slang, somewhat dated) A mild intensifier.

   Like, why did you do that?

2. (slang) When preceded by any form of the verb to be, used to mean "to say".

   I was like, "Why did you do that?" and he's like, "I don't know."

[ Usage notes

1. The sense meaning "to say" is deliberately informal and commonly used by young people, and often combined with the use of the present tense as a narrative. Similar terms are to go and all, as in I go, "Why did you do that?" and he goes, "I don't know" and I was all, "Why did you do that?" and he was all, "I don't know." The forms with like and all can imply that the attributed remark which follows is representative rather than necessarily an exact quotation; however, in speech these structures do tend to require mimicking the original speakers inflection in a way "said" would not.

[ Synonyms

• (say): be all, go

[ Translations

slang: mild intensifier

Finnish: niinku fi(fi) French: genre fr(fr)

Portuguese: tipo pt(pt) Swedish: liksom sv(sv)

slang: be like: to say

Finnish: niinku fi(fi)

Swedish: liksom sv(sv), typ sv(sv)

[ Noun

Singular like

Plural likes

like (plural likes)

1. (also the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.

   We shall never see his like again. — Winston Churchill on T.E. Lawrence

   bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like

   something thee likes of which I had never seen before

2. Something that a given person likes.

   Tell me your likes and dislikes.

[ Synonyms

• (something similar to a given person or object): ilk
• (something that a given person likes): favorite/favourite, preference

[ Antonyms

• (something similar to a given person or object): antithesis, opposite
• (something that a given person likes): dislike, pet hate

[ Translations

something similar to a given person or object

Dutch: evenknie nl(nl) m., dat soort dingen nl(nl) n. pl., gelijkaardige dingen nl(nl) n. pl., gelijkaardigheden nl(nl) f. pl. Esperanto: simila eo(eo)

German: seinesgleichen de(de) (his like - conjugated for other persons) Swedish: like sv(sv)