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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

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: līk, IPA: /laɪ̯k/, SAMPA: /laIk/
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  Rhymes: -aɪk

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English līcian.

[edit] Verb

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.

   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?”

[edit] 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”.

[edit] Synonyms

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

[edit] Antonyms

• dislike, hate

[edit] Derived terms

• dislike
• would like

[edit] Translations

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old English līc.

[edit] Adjective

like (comparative more like, superlative most like)

1. similar

[edit] Preposition

like

1. Somewhat similar to, reminiscent of.

   These hamburgers taste like leather.

[edit] Antonyms

• (somewhat similar to): unlike

[edit] Derived terms

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

[edit] Translations

[edit] 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."

[edit] 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.

[edit] Synonyms

• (say): be all, go

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

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 the likes of which I had never seen before

2. Something that a given person likes.

   Tell me your likes and dislikes.

[edit] Synonyms

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

[edit] Antonyms

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

[edit] Translations

[edit] Derived terms

• like-for-like

[edit] Interjection

like

1. (Geordie) Used to place emphasis upon a statement.

   divint ye knaa, like?

[edit] References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165

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[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

立刻

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ li˥˩kʰə˥˩ ]

[edit] Adverb

like (Pinyin lìkè, traditional and simplified 立刻)

1. immediately, at once

[edit] See also

• (Min Nan) trad. 連鞭, simpl. 连鞭 (liâm-mi or liâm-piⁿ or liân-mi or liân-piⁿ)

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Verb

like (present tense liker; past tense likte; past participle likt; present participle likende; imperative lik)

1. to like

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Interjection

like!

1. (South Scots) Used to place emphasis upon a statement.

   Oo jist saw it the now, like.

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

Inflection for like	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	like	liken	likar	likarna
Genitive	likes	likens	likars	likarnas

like c.

1. match (someone similarly skilful)

   Han hade mött sin like — He had met his match