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== English == === Alternative forms === lak === Pronunciation === enPR: līk, IPA(key): /laɪ̯k/ (MLE, Jamaica) IPA(key): /læ̙ːk/, /lɑːk/ (DE) IPA(key): /lɔɪ̯k/ (Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /lʌɪk/, [ləi̯k] (General Australian) IPA(key): /lɑɪ̯k/ Rhymes: -aɪk === Etymology 1 === Verb from Middle English liken, from Old English līcian (“to like, to please”), from Proto-West Germanic *līkēn, from Proto-Germanic *līkāną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“image; likeness; similarity”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian liekje (“to be similar, resemble”), West Frisian lykje (“to seem, appear, look”), Dutch lijken (“to seem”), Low German lieken (“to be like; resemble”), German gleichen (“to resemble”), Swedish lika (“to like; put up with; align with”), Norwegian like (“to like”), Icelandic and Faroese líka (“to like”). Noun from Middle English like (“pleasure, will, like”), from the verb Middle English liken (“to like”). ==== Verb ==== like (third-person singular simple present likes, present participle liking, simple past and past participle liked) To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of. Antonyms: dislike, hate, mislike, disapprove (transitive, archaic) To please (same meaning as above but with subject and object reversed). (obsolete) To derive pleasure [with of or by or with ‘from someone or something’]. To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity. To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for. Synonyms: (British) fancy, enjoy, love Antonyms: dislike, hate, mislike (with 'would' and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like. (Internet, social media, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote. Antonyms: unlike, dislike Coordinate terms: heart, love Of inanimate objects: (informal, personification) To be prone to. (informal, chiefly in the negative) Of a computer or other system: to tolerate as an input; to accept. (archaic) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly. (obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition). (obsolete) To liken; to compare. ===== Usage notes ===== In its senses of “enjoy” and “maintain as a regular habit”, like is a catenative verb; in the former, it usually takes a gerund (-ing form), while in the latter, it takes a to-infinitive. See also Appendix:English catenative verbs. Like is only used to mean “want” in certain expressions, such as if you like and would like. The conditional form, would like, is used quite freely as a polite synonym for want. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Jersey Dutch: lāike ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== like (plural likes) (chiefly in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers). Synonyms: favorite, preference Antonyms: dislike, pet hate, pet peeve (Internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet. ===== Derived terms ===== like farm ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== like on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === Adjective from Middle English lik, lyk, lich, like, from Old English ġelīċ by shortening, influenced by Old Norse líkr, glíkr; both from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“like, similar, same”). Related to alike; more distantly, with lich and -ly. Cognate with West Frisian like (“like; as”), Saterland Frisian gliek (“like”), Danish lig (“alike”), Dutch gelijk (“like, alike”), German gleich (“equal, like”), Icelandic líkur (“alike, like, similar”), Norwegian lik (“like, alike”) Swedish lik (“like, similar”) Adverb from Middle English like, lyke, liche, lyche, from Old English ġelīċe (“likewise, also, as, in like manner, similarly”) and Old Norse líka (“also, likewise”); both from Proto-Germanic *galīkê, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“same, like, similar”). Conjunction from Middle English like, lyke, lik, lyk, from the adverb Middle English like. Preposition from Middle English like, lyke, liche, lyche, lijc, liih (“similar to, like, equal to, comparable with”), from Middle English like (adjective) and like (adverb). ==== Adjective ==== like (comparative more like, superlative most like) Similar. (archaic or Scotland, Southern US) Likely; probable. 1668, Robert South, The Messiah's Sufferings for the Sins of the People (sermon, March 20, 1668) But it is like the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices. (Scotland, Southern US, otherwise archaic, usually with to) inclined (to), prone (to). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Adverb ==== like (comparative more like, superlative most like) (obsolete, colloquial) Likely. (archaic or rare) In a like or similar manner. ==== Noun ==== like (countable and uncountable, plural likes) (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort. 1935, Winston Churchill on T.E. Lawrence We shall never see his like again. (golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side. ===== Synonyms ===== ilk ===== Antonyms ===== antithesis, opposite ===== Derived terms ===== and the like like-for-like likeless ===== Translations ===== ==== Conjunction ==== like See Usage notes below. (colloquial) As, the way. 1966, Advertising slogan for Winston cigarettes Winston tastes good like a cigarette should (usually colloquial) As if; as though; such as. ===== Usage notes ===== The American Heritage Dictionary opines that using like as a conjunction, instead of as, the way, as if, or as though, is strictly informal; it has, however, been routine since the Middle English period. AHD4 says, "Writers since Chaucer's time have used like as a conjunction, but 19th-century and 20th-century critics have been so vehement in their condemnations of this usage that a writer who uses the construction in formal style risks being accused of illiteracy or worse", and recommends using as in formal speech and writing. The Oxford English Dictionary does not tag it as colloquial or nonstandard, but notes, "Used as conj[unction]: = 'like as', 'as'. Now generally condemned as vulgar or slovenly, though examples may be found in many recent writers of standing." ===== Derived terms ===== See Category:English similes. ==== Preposition ==== like Similar to, reminiscent of. Typical of. Approximating. In the manner of, similarly to. Such as. As if there would be. Used to ask for a description or opinion of someone or something. ===== Synonyms ===== (such as): for example, such as, (archaic) as ===== Antonyms ===== unlike ===== Derived terms ===== See Category:English similes. ===== Translations ===== ==== Particle ==== like (archaic) Likely. (colloquial, Scotland, Ireland, Geordie, Teesside, Liverpool) A delayed filler. (colloquial) Indicating approximation or uncertainty. (colloquial) Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened. (colloquial) a discourse marker used to highlight or put focus on new information or a new development in a story ===== Usage notes ===== The use as a quotative is informal; it is commonly used by young people, and commonly disliked by older generations, especially in repeated use. It may be combined with the use of the present tense as a narrative. (For its use preceded by a form of be, see be like.) 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.” These expressions 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 speaker's inflection in a way said would not. ===== Synonyms ===== (delayed filler): I mean, you know (mild intensifier): I mean, well, you know (indicating approximation or uncertainty): around, about (colloquial: used to precede paraphrased quotations): be all, go ===== Derived terms ===== be like ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From like (adverb) and like (adjective). ==== Verb ==== like (third-person singular simple present likes, present participle liking, simple past and past participle liked) (chiefly dialectal, intransitive) To be likely. ===== References ===== Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “like”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN. “like”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Further reading === “I'm (like) ” from Language Log === Anagrams === Kiel, Kile, kile, liek == Chinese == === Etymology === Borrowed from English like. === Pronunciation === === Noun === like (Hong Kong Cantonese, social media) like (Hong Kong Cantonese, figuratively) appreciation; approval ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === like (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to like (Cantonese) alternative form of likey === See also === likey == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English like. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [lɑjɡ̊] === Noun === like n (singular definite liket, plural indefinite likes) (Internet) like === Verb === like (imperative like, infinitive at like, present tense liker, past tense likede, perfect tense har liket) (Internet) to like == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English like. === Pronunciation === Homophones: likent, likes === Verb === like inflection of liker: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Noun === like m (plural des likes) (Internet) a like Synonym: j'aime == German == === Verb === like inflection of liken: first-person singular present first/third-person singular subjunctive I singular imperative == Hawaiian == === Etymology === From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *lite. Compare Māori rite. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈli.ke/ === Verb === like (stative) like, alike, similar ==== Derived terms ==== hoʻolike: to make things equal, to make things similar (less common) hoʻohālike: to make things equal, to make things similar (more common) === References === Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “like”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN == Middle English == === Verb === like alternative form of liken (“to like”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse líka, from Proto-Germanic *līkāną. ==== Verb ==== like (imperative lik, present tense liker, simple past likte, past participle likt) to like === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== like definite singular of lik plural of lik === Etymology 3 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Adverb ==== like as, equally ===== Derived terms ===== likefullt, like fullt likeledes likeså === References === “like” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²liːkə/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Norse líka. ==== Alternative forms ==== lika ==== Verb ==== like (imperative lik or like, present tense likar or liker, simple past lika or likte, past participle lika or likt) to like === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== like definite singular of lik plural of lik === Etymology 3 === Inherited from Old Norse líka. ==== Adverb ==== like as, equally just, immediately === References === “like” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English like. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlajk/ Rhymes: -ajk Syllabification: like === Noun === like m animal (colloquial, neologism, social media) alternative spelling of lajk Antonym: dislike ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === like in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English like. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ajki === Noun === like m (plural likes) (social media) like (Internet interaction) Synonyms: (Brazil) curtida, (Brazil) joinha, (Portugal) gosto ==== Derived terms ==== dar like == Scots == === Etymology === From Old English līcian (“to be pleasing”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ləik], (unstressed) [lɪk], [lɛk] (as interjection, Central Scots) IPA(key): [ɫɪʔ] (colloquially spelled lit) === Verb === like (third-person singular simple present likes, present participle likin, simple past and past participle likit) To like. To be hesitant to do something. I dinna like. ― I'm not certain I would like to. To love somebody or something. === Adverb === like (not comparable) like === Interjection === like (Central Scots, Southern Scots) Used to place emphasis upon a statement. Oo jist saw it the now, like. ― We like, just now saw it. == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English like. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlaik/ [ˈlai̯k] Rhymes: -aik Syllabification: like === Noun === like m (plural likes) (Internet slang) like Synonym: me gusta ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “like”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation] == Swedish == === Adjective === like definite natural masculine singular of lik === Noun === like c a like a match (someone similarly skillful) ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== make === References === like in Svensk ordbok (SO) like in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) like in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)