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like

Pronunciation: /laɪ̯k/

The English word “like” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
To please (same meaning as above but with subject and object reversed).
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.
To want, desire. See also would like.
To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
To be prone to.
Of a computer or other system: to tolerate as an input; to accept.
To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.
To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
To liken; to compare.

noun

Something that a person likes (prefers).
An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.
Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.

adjective

adverb

Likely.
In a like or similar manner.

Etymology

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…

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