like

Definitions of like in various dictionaries:

noun - a similar kind

noun - a kind of person

verb - prefer or wish to do something

verb - find enjoyable or agreeable

verb - be fond of

verb - feel about or towards

verb - want to have

adj - resembling or similar

adj - equal in amount or value

adj - having the same or similar characteristics

adj - conforming in every respect

To find pleasant or attractive; enjoy.

To want to have: would like some coffee.

To be pleasing to.

To have an inclination or a preference: If you like, we can meet you there.

To be pleased.

Possessing the characteristics of; resembling closely; similar to.

In the typical manner of: It’s not like you to take offense.

In the same way as: lived like royalty.

Inclined or disposed to: felt like running away.

As if the probability exists for: looks like a bad year for farmers.

Such as; for example: saved things like old newspapers and pieces of string.

Possessing the same or almost the same characteristics; similar: on this and like occasions.

Alike: They are as like as two siblings.

Having equivalent value or quality.

In the manner of being; as if.

Probably; likely: Like as not she’ll change her mind.

Used to provide emphasis or a pause: Like let’s get going.

One similar to or like another.

An equivalent or similar person or thing; an equal or match: I’ve never seen the likes of this before.

In the same way that; as: To dance like she does requires great discipline.

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.

To be just on the point of; be or come near to: I like to have killed him when he said that.

adj - possessing the same or almost the same characteristics

verb - to find pleasant

LIKE - In English, the word like has a very flexible range of uses, ranging from conventional to non-standard. It can be used as a noun , verb , ad verb , adj ec...