like

CEFRA1

/laɪ̯k/

verb · preposition

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To enjoy or have a positive feeling about something.

  2. 02

    preposition

    Similar to someone or something.

Examples

  • I've always wondered what it'd be like to have siblings.

  • It's a word I'd like to find a substitute for.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ləi̯k]
  • /læ̙ːk/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.

  2. To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.

  3. To derive pleasure [with of or by or with ‘from someone or something’].

More examples

In context

  • She's wearing a dress like mine.

  • I like skiing in winter very much.

  • I very much like hamburgers.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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Origin

verb

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”).