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”).
Meanings
(in-plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
Tell me your likes and dislikes.
(Internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.
Dress for myself, I don't dress for hype / I dress for myself, you dress for the likes 2019, “Balenciaga”, performed by Princess Nokia:
Likes are the social media currency undergirding an entire influencer economy, inspiring a million Kardashian wannabes and giving many of us regular people daily endorphin hits. 2020 January 17, Amy Chozick, “This Is the Guy Who’s Taking Away the Likes”, in New York Times:
Social media is supervisual, and there's nothing more shareable than images, so this is a way to increase shares and likes and follows. 2016, Brooke Warner, Green-Light Your Book:
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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”).
Meanings
To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
I very much like hamburgers.
He may either go or stay, as he best likes. 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 2, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book I, page 21:
I liked her much better after I got to know her.
“I can tell you more than that, if you like,” said the Gryphon. “Do you know why it’s called a whiting?” 1865, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, chapter 10:
I like reading books.
At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
I like it when you sing.
I like skiing in winter very much.
(archaic, transitive) To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of. ▸ To please (same meaning as above but with subject and object reversed).
I willingly confess that it likes me much better when I find virtue in a fair lodging than when I am bound to seek it in an ill-favoured creature. 16th century, Sir Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia:
His countenance likes me not. 1608, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 2, scene 2:
(obsolete) To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of. ▸ To derive pleasure [with of or by or with ‘from someone or something’].
He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 2:
And therefore it is the best way, if you like of it, to examine these taken from experiments touching the Earth, and then proceed to those of the other kind. 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Systems of the World, (Dialogue Two):
To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
She likes to keep herself physically fit.
We like to keep one around the office just in case.
I like to go to the dentist every six months.
People in Washington like to work out! 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain):
To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
I was dating someone I liked, but not enough to marry. 2026 April 22, Jillian Sanders, “The Danger of Surrendering Your Financial Independence in a Relationship”, in TIME, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2026:
― Enju: “Apparently when you like someone, you start talking like them.” 2016 December 19, Moe! Ninja Girls, Japan: NTT Solmare, iOS, Android, scene: Season 1, Enju Ending:
I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her.
(with ‘would’ and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like.
Would you like a cigarette?
I don't like to disturb him when he's working.
We could go to the museum if you like.
You can come over whenever you like.
May I leave now? ~ If you like.
(Internet, qualifier:social media, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
What' up, y'all? I'm the last man on Earth. Shit's all fucked up. Don't forget to like and subscribe. We out here. 2021, Adam McKay, Don't Look Up, spoken by Jason Orlean (Jonah Hill):
I can't stand Bloggs' tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition.
I liked my friend's last status on Facebook.
(informal, qualifier:personification) Of inanimate objects: ▸ To be prone to.
Too bad this cheese likes to stick to the pan and ruin the whole meal.
(in the negative, informal) Of inanimate objects: ▸ Of a computer or other system: to tolerate as an input; to accept.
email delivery failed: remote host does not like recipient
We were frustrated that our seeming innocent choice for a team name was rejected by the game. Apparently somewhere in the name is a word that the algorithm doesn’t like.
This self-service checkout doesn't seem to like my credit card.
(archaic) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.
He liked to have been too late.
He probably got his death, as he liked to have done two years ago, by viewing the troops for the expedition from the wall of Kensington Garden. 1760, Horace Walpole, The Letters of Horace Walpole: Fourth Earl of Oxford, to George Montagu:
(obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
You like well, and bear your years very well. c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
(obsolete) To liken; to compare.
And like me to the peasant boys of France. 1590s, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, act 4, scene 6:
ia fruer (to enjoy) · sk ľúbiť sa (to enjoy) · tr beğenmek (to enjoy) · ga is maith le (to find attractive) · vi thích (to enjoy) · hy լայքել (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · az bəyənmək (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · alt јараар (to enjoy) · fa-ira دوسْت داشْتَن (to enjoy) · gv s'laik lesh (to enjoy) · be падаба́цца (to enjoy) · de gern (to enjoy) · el αρέσει (to find attractive) · nb like (to find attractive) · es gustarle (to find attractive) · cmn 點讚 /点赞 (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · mk се допаѓа (to enjoy) · ur پَسَنْد ہونا (to find attractive) · tg дуст доштан (to enjoy) · ky жароо (to enjoy) · nb like (to enjoy) · fo líka (to enjoy) · sk mať rád (to enjoy) · zza rıdiyen (to enjoy) · lt patikti (to enjoy) · cmn 喜歡 /喜欢 (to enjoy) · bo སེམས་པ་ཤོར (to find attractive) · fo hóva (to enjoy) · sk páčiť sa (to enjoy) · is líka (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · pt curtir (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · it piacere (to find attractive) · rup plac (to enjoy) · de liken (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · kum кепине гелмек (to enjoy) · kk ұнату (to enjoy) · bo དགའ་བོ (to find attractive) · id suka (to enjoy) · sv tycka om (to find attractive) · bo མཉེས་པོ་གནང (to enjoy) · cy leicio (to enjoy) · ar أَعْجَبَ (to enjoy) · cs líbit se (to enjoy) · bg харе́сам (to find attractive) · nl graag (to enjoy) · tyz ái (to find attractive) · ain エラマス (to enjoy) · km ចូលចិត្ត (to enjoy) · de mögen (to enjoy) · mi matareka (to enjoy) · he מָצָא חֵן בְּעֵינֵי (to find attractive) · hu ínyére van (to enjoy) · cs mít rád (to enjoy) · ca agradar (to find attractive) · fi tykätä (to enjoy) · el προτιμώ (to enjoy) · de gern haben (to find attractive) · nl lusten (to enjoy) · tr hoşuna gitmek (to find attractive) · io prizar (to enjoy) · la dīligō (to enjoy) · th ชอบ (to find attractive) · nl leuk vinden (to find attractive) · it piacere a (to enjoy) · mn дурлах (to enjoy) · bo འཁོར (to find attractive) · kum ушатмакъ (to enjoy) · ka ალაიქებს (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · ckb پێخۆشبوون (to enjoy) · eo plaĉi al (to enjoy) · eo ŝati (to find attractive) · tr beğenmek (to find attractive) · th ชอบ (to enjoy) · pl podobać się (to find attractive) · af hou van (to find attractive) · kum гёнгюне гирмек (to enjoy) · gl gustar (to enjoy) · sq pëlqej (to enjoy) · el αρέσει (to enjoy) · hu kedvel (to enjoy) · nod ᨾᩢ᩠ᨠ (to enjoy) · tr sevmek (to find attractive) · sv lajka (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · es gustarle (to enjoy) · cs mít rád (to find attractive) · la fruor (to enjoy) · sv gilla (to enjoy) · bg харе́свам (to enjoy) · sv gilla (to find attractive) · el αγαπώ (to enjoy) · eo ŝatmarki (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · ia amar (to enjoy) · fr plaire (to find attractive) · la placeo (to enjoy) · fr liker (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · sq shishmoj (to enjoy) · ko 좋아하다 (to find attractive) · hi पसंद होना (to enjoy) · cy hoffi (to enjoy) · nl graag hebben (to find attractive) · tr hoşuna gitmek (to enjoy) · yue 喜歡 /喜欢 (to find attractive) · eo alklaki la ŝatbutonon (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · bn পছন্দ করা (to enjoy) · hy հավանել (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · sh vòleti (to enjoy) · eo ŝatalklaki (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · nds-de geernhebben (to enjoy) · ka მოსწონს (to enjoy) · id suka (to find attractive) · bo མཉེས་པོ (to find attractive) · af hou van (to enjoy) · nan-hbl 佮意 (to enjoy) · sv tycka om (to enjoy) · tyz ái (to enjoy) · sh ljúbiti (to enjoy) · sv gilla (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · nb synes om (to find attractive) · sh сви́ђати се (to enjoy) · kum арив гёрмек (to enjoy) · gd is toil le (to enjoy) · ka თვალში მოსდის (to find attractive) · te ఇస్టపడు (to enjoy) · eo plaĉi al (to find attractive) · sl všeč (to find attractive) · yi געפֿעלן (to enjoy) · mk се допадне (to enjoy) · fr aimer (to enjoy) · az xoşuna gəlmək (to enjoy) · de gefallen (to find attractive) · et meeldima (to enjoy) · ro plăcea (to enjoy) · gu ગમવું (to enjoy) · nl graag zien (to find attractive) · az xoşu gəlmək (to enjoy) · pl dać lajka (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · es dar/poner/marcar me gusta (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · nds-de leefhebben (to enjoy) · sh во̀лети (to enjoy) · hi पसंद करना (to enjoy) · pt gostar (to find attractive) · bo མོས་པོ་བྱེད (to find attractive) · ko 좋아하다 (to enjoy) · ru люби́ть (to enjoy) · sh vòljeti (to enjoy) · fr bien aimer (to enjoy) · eu gustatu (to enjoy) · lv patikt (to enjoy) · tsu kaebʉ (to enjoy) · arz حب (to enjoy) · cs líbit se (to find attractive) · ckb حەزلێبوون (to enjoy) · nan-hbl 佮意 (to find attractive) · es caer bien [with le and a] (to find attractive) · es likear (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · lo ຊອບ (to enjoy) · ckb حەزلێکردن (to find attractive) · sh svíđati se (to enjoy) · mn дуртай (to enjoy) · yue 鍾意 /钟意 (to enjoy) · fa-cls دوسْت دَاشْتَن (to enjoy) · bo དགའ་བོ (to enjoy) · ky жактыруу (to enjoy) · ceb buot (to enjoy) · ast prestar (to enjoy) · ms suka (to enjoy) · el βάζω λάικ (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · fa-ira اَز ... خوش... آمَدَن (to enjoy) · ur پَسَنْد ہونا (to enjoy) · zdj hwandza (to enjoy) · nl leuk vinden (to enjoy) · kum ярамакъ (to enjoy) · nb synes om (to enjoy) · ga is maith le (to enjoy) · my ကြိုက် (to enjoy) · hy սիրել (to enjoy) · fi tykätä (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · ru нра́виться (to enjoy) · pdt jleichen (to enjoy) · ja …が好き (to enjoy) · ru понра́виться (to find attractive) · grc φιλέω (to enjoy) · sl imeti rad (to enjoy) · hy հավանել (to find attractive) · gl gostar (to find attractive) · is líka (to find attractive) · gd is caomh le (to enjoy) · br karout (to enjoy) · eo ami (to find attractive) · ka მოსწონს (to find attractive) · ar حَبَّ (to enjoy) · tr hoşlanmak (to find attractive) · he חיבב (to find attractive) · id suka (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · de gern haben (to enjoy) · eo ŝati (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · ne मन पराउनु (to enjoy) · bo དགའ་བོ་བྱེད (to find attractive) · nod ᩉᩩᨾ (to enjoy) · ota بگنمك (to enjoy) · ka მოსწონს (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · zza sinayen (to enjoy) · zdj upvendza (to enjoy) · bo ཆགས (to find attractive) · ja …が好き (to find attractive) · uz yoqtirmoq (to enjoy) · ko 좋아요하다 (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · dng хуанщи (to enjoy) · ru ла́йкнуть (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · zza weş şiyayen (to find attractive) · be любі́ць (to enjoy) · km ចំណូល (to enjoy) · ar اِسْتَمْطَعَ (to enjoy) · la libet (to enjoy) · pt gostar (to enjoy) · fr aimer (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · vo löfilön (to enjoy) · uk люби́ти (to enjoy) · pt dar like (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · nl houden van (to enjoy) · khb ᦠᦳᧄ (to enjoy) · tl magustuhan (to enjoy) · ang līcian (to enjoy) · bo དགའ་བོ་བྱེད (to enjoy) · ja 好む (to find attractive) · zza like kerden (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · fi nauttia (to enjoy) · rup arisescu (to enjoy) · alt сӱӱр (to enjoy) · kw bos da gans (to enjoy) · nrf aimer (to enjoy) · kum ушатдырмакъ (to enjoy) · el αρέσκομαι (to enjoy) · ar أَحَبَّ (to enjoy) · oc agradar (to enjoy) · ru поста́вить лайк (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · kum хошуна гелмек (to enjoy) · eo ŝati (to enjoy) · kw kara (to enjoy) · cs lajknout (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · cs lajkovat (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · ru нра́виться (to find attractive) · ca agradar (to enjoy) · se liikot (to find attractive) · sk mať rada (to enjoy) · gv s'mie lesh (to enjoy) · fa-cls اَز ... خْوَش آمَدَن (to enjoy) · yue 喜歡 /喜欢 (to enjoy) · uli dipli (to enjoy) · cy serchu (to find attractive) · dng щихуан (to enjoy) · sh љу́бити (to enjoy) · ast gustar (to find attractive) · da kunne lide (to enjoy) · hy դուր գալ (to find attractive) · vi thích (to find attractive) · sh во̀љети (to enjoy) · fr plaire (à) (to enjoy) · mn дуртай байх (to enjoy) · he אָהַב (to enjoy) · bg харесвам (to find attractive) · kum ушатылмакъ (to enjoy) · fi pitää (to enjoy) · ne राम्रो लाग्नु (to enjoy) · bo མཉེས་པོ (to enjoy) · hu tetszik (to find attractive) · hu tetszik (to enjoy) · de gefallen (to enjoy) · az xoşlamaq (to enjoy) · bo མཉེས་པོ་གནང (to find attractive) · zza weş şiyen (to enjoy) · sw kupenda (to enjoy) · ms suka (to find attractive) · km ឆប (to enjoy) · el αγαπώ (to find attractive) · ro da like (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · es dar/poner/marcar like (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · cmn 讚 /赞 (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · pl podobać się (to enjoy) · fr plussoyer (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · zza rıdyayen (to find attractive) · nod ᨪᩬᨷ (to enjoy) · nds-de mögen (to enjoy) · pl lubić (to enjoy) · ka ეტრფის (to find attractive) · ru ста́вить лайк (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · hu lájkol (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · pl lajkować (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · ru ла́йкать (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · tr hoşlanmak (to enjoy) · kk жарату (to enjoy) · yue 鍾意 /钟意 (to find attractive) · nap piacé a (to enjoy) · es nonromantically: caerle (to find attractive) · dsb zespódobaś se (to enjoy) · nl graag hebben (to enjoy) · uk подо́батися (to enjoy) · cmn 喜歡 /喜欢 (to find attractive) · hi पसंद होना (to find attractive) · ta விருப்பம் (to enjoy) · fo falla (to enjoy) · da synes om (to enjoy) · la amō (to enjoy) · es cuajarle (to find attractive) · tr sevmek (to enjoy) · hu szeret (to enjoy) · is læka (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · ug ياخشى كۆرمەك (to enjoy) · dsb spódobaś se (to enjoy) · se liikot (to enjoy) · az layk düyməsinə basmaq (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · fi pitää (to find attractive) · fo dáma (to enjoy) · ja 好む (to enjoy) · bg харе́сам (to enjoy) · la probō (to enjoy) · nl liken (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · el λαϊκάρω (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · eo ami (to enjoy) · az bəyənmək (to enjoy) · la approbō (to enjoy) · is líka (to enjoy) · de mögen (to find attractive) · ro aprecia (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · vo plidön (to enjoy) · fi tykätä (to find attractive) · ja いいね!する (to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote) · lo ມັກ (to enjoy)
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).
Meanings
Similar.
I opened the man's linen robe, and there over his heart was a dagger-wound, and beneath the woman's fair breast was a like cruel stab, through which her life had ebbed away. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
It will seem strange that in all this time the Presbytery was idle, and no effort was made to rid the place of so fell an influence. But there was a reason, and the reason, as in most like cases, was a lassie. 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
My partner and I have like minds.
The two cats were as like as though they had come from the same litter.
This apology was made after Hunt's death, and mentioned a revision of the first sketch, so as to render it less like, at the suggestion of two other friends of Hunt. The friends were Procter (Barry Cornwall) and myself; the feeling having been mine from the first that the likeness was too like. 1872, John Forster, The Life of Charles Dickens:
[…]and this is not a sky, it is a Soul and living Face! Nothing liker the Temple of the Highest, bright with some real effulgence of the Highest, is seen in this world. 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. 3, Landlord Edmund”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk):
But it is like the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices. 1668, Robert South, The Messiah's Sufferings for the Sins of the People (sermon, March 20, 1668)
She had waited overlong, and now it was like that Ailie would escape her toils. 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
Finding it was like to overblow, we took in our Sprit-ſail, and ſtood by to hand the Fore-ſail; but making foul Weather, we look'd the Guns were all faſt, and handed the Miſſen. 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Great Storm Described, the Long-Boat Sent to Fetch Water, the Author Goes with It to Discover the Country. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag), page 151:
Many were […] not easy to be govern'd, nor like to conform themselves to such strict rules. 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:
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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).
Meanings
Similar to, reminiscent of.
I’m very like my father.
Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights. 'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
Folk like that I just can’t brook.
Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth. 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him.[…]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
Typical of.
It would be just like Achilles to be sulking in his tent.
Approximating.
Popcorn costs something like 10 dollars at the movies.
In the manner of, similarly to.
He doesn't act like a president.
Such as; including.
It's for websites like Wikipedia.
In Mars's office, near his own impressive executive desk (a Vladimir Kagan), hangs a mixed media artwork depicting legendary MCs like Queen Latifah, Slick Rick, Rakim, and Nas (a business partner of Mars's). 2026 May 14, Lola Ogunnaike, “Major Drama”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, pages 114-115:
As if there would be.
It looks like a hot summer in Europe.
Used to ask for a description or opinion of someone or something.
I hear she has a new boyfriend. What's he like? –He's intelligent and handsome.
sa इव (such as) · de wie (similar to) · zza ze (diq) (such as) · tg мисл (such as) · kk -тай (such as) · hy ինչպես (similar to) · mk како (similar to) · de wie (such as) · lo ທໍ່ (similar to) · tyz bặng cạ (similar to) · es como (similar to) · fa مثل (similar to) · is sem (similar to) · sh ка̏о (similar to) · ja ...のように (similar to) · km ដូចជា (such as) · dsb ako (such as) · ms seperti (such as) · uk як (similar to) · pt como (similar to) · hi के जैसा (such as) · pt como (such as) · ajp متل (similar to) · cs jak (similar to) · cs jako (similar to) · egy mi (similar to) · sh као (such as) · grc ὥσπερ (such as) · th อย่าง (similar to) · it quale (similar to) · yue 好似 (similar to) · dsb ako (similar to) · th เหมือน (similar to) · pt tipo (such as) · km ដូច (such as) · is líkt og (similar to) · dsb kaž (similar to) · got 𐍃𐍅𐌴 (similar to) · lo ດັ່ງ (such as) · ngh ku (similar to) · is eins og (similar to) · ln lokóla (similar to) · hu mint (similar to) · liv kui (similar to) · dsb kaž (such as) · be як (such as) · ar كَـ (such as) · lt lyg (similar to) · cs jako (such as) · ar كَـ (similar to) · et nagu (similar to) · cmn 如 (such as) · es como (que) (approximating) · fr comme (similar to) · ur ... کی طرح (similar to) · fr comme (such as) · kk -тей (such as) · cmn 如 (similar to) · lo ທໍ່ (such as) · uk як (such as) · hi ... की तरह (similar to) · sk ako (similar to) · yue 好似 (such as) · te లాంటి (similar to) · cy fel (similar to) · ko ...처럼 (such as) · ajp متل (such as) · kk -дай (such as) · ru как (such as) · ckb وەک (similar to) · nl zoals (similar to) · th เช่น (such as) · it come (such as) · ca com (such as) · sv lik (similar to) · pl jak (similar to) · da som (similar to) · ky -дай (such as) · km ដូច (similar to) · el όπως (such as) · ro ca (similar to) · tr gibi (such as) · kk -дей (such as) · fi kuin (similar to) · se nu go (similar to) · es mismo (similar to) · br evel (such as) · uz xuddi (such as) · nl zoals (such as) · sk ako (such as) · ms bagai (such as) · ar مِثْل (similar to) · sv som (similar to) · no lik (similar to) · ngh ǁa (similar to) · grc ὅμοιος (similar to) · sh kao (such as) · cmn 相像的 (similar to) · nl gelijk (similar to) · ru как (similar to) · tyv дег (such as) · sah курдук (such as) · sq si (similar to) · my လို (such as) · ca com (similar to) · tyv ышкаш (such as) · arq كيما (similar to) · ajp زي (such as) · pga ze (similar to) · it come (similar to) · la sicut (similar to) · acw زَيّ (similar to) · ur ... طرح (similar to) · la iuxta (similar to) · cmn 象 (similar to) · br evel (similar to) · eo kiel (similar to) · sa इव (similar to) · fa مثل (such as) · my လို (similar to) · ngh tsʼaa (similar to) · cmn 猶如 /犹如 (similar to) · ms bak (such as) · sv som (such as) · lv kā (similar to) · sl kot (such as) · nl lijkend op (similar to) · tyz bặng (similar to) · cmn 好似 (such as) · et kui (similar to) · fi kuten (similar to) · ga ar nós (similar to) · ms macam (such as) · es cual (similar to) · arz زي (similar to) · sl kot (similar to) · bg като́ (such as) · bg като́ (similar to) · sh kȁo (similar to) · zza manen (similar to) · tg мисли (similar to) · nl als (similar to) · tr gibi (similar to) · cmn 象 (such as) · lo ດັ່ງ (similar to) · he כמו (similar to) · el ως (similar to) · ajp زي (similar to) · lo ຄື (similar to) · grc ἐοικώς (similar to) · fo eins og (similar to) · acw زَيّ (such as) · yue 如 (similar to) · ml പോലെ (such as) · la sicuti (similar to) · az kimi (such as) · es a lo (similar to) · es como (such as) · ko 같이 (similar to) · ar مِثْل (such as) · tly شار (similar to) · mk ка́ко (such as) · be як (similar to) · hi ... तरह (similar to) · grc οἷον (similar to) · eo kvazaŭ (similar to) · vi như (similar to) · fo líkasum (similar to) · no som (similar to) · ja ...よう (such as) · de nach (similar to) · ko 처럼 (similar to) · fa مانند (similar to) · bn মত (similar to) · sw kama (such as) · pl jak (such as) · fy lykas (similar to) · pt que nem (similar to) · fi kuten (such as) · nl als (such as) · da lig (similar to) · io quale (similar to) · af soos (similar to) · el σαν (similar to)
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).
Meanings
(colloquial, dialectal, obsolete) Likely.
“You'll try it, some day, like enough; but you'll get tired of the change pretty soon.” “Why?” “Well, I'll tell you. Now you've always been a sailor; did you ever try some other business?” 1909, Mark Twain, Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven:
If I can't spare the time—well, like as not we go anyhow. And where else can you ride all day with your saddle and neck full of snow brushed from the trees and still not freeze half to death? 1936, New Mexico: The Sunshine State's Recreational and Highway Magazine:
DON PEDRO. May be she doth but counterfeit.
CLAUDIO. Faith, like enough. 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
(archaic, rare) In a like or similar manner.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 103:13:
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).
Meanings
(colloquial) As, the way.
1966, Advertising slogan for Winston cigarettes
Winston tastes good like a cigarette should
But if you do right to me, baby
I’ll do right to you, too
Ya got to do unto others
Like you’d have them, like you’d have them, do unto you 1978, Bob Dylan, Do Unto Others:
(colloquial, usually) As if; as though.
It looks like you've finished the project.
A too skinny white girl, dressed like some kind of teen-ager although she had to be thirty, with one of those fake white-girl smiles stuck on her face like with scotch tape. 1981 February 14, Andrea Loewenstein, “Voices in the Night”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 8:
It seemed like you didn't care.
He didn’t have many friends, it didn’t seem like.
(colloquial, usually) Such as.
Why don’t we do something useful like clean the kitchen?
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).
Meanings
(as the likes of, countable, sometimes, uncountable) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like.
1935, Winston Churchill on T.E. Lawrence
We shall never see his like again.
The manifesto talks of safeguards to ensure that freight operators receive fair access to the network. These may be reassuring words for the likes of DB Cargo, but the devil will be in the detail and freight operators will no doubt be pressing for that detail to include cheaper electricity and access charges. 2024 October 30, Andy Comfort, “Can the Royal Mail trains keep on running?”, in RAIL, number 1021, page 61:
In fact it would be fair to say that he had reached a level of annoyance the like of which had never been seen in the Universe. 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 93:
"Such things do happen and centre round the wicked medium. You can get down into a region which is akin to the popular idea of witchcraft, it is dishonest to deny it." "Like attracts like," explained Mrs. Mailey[.] 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
It was to spare the Japanese people from utter destruction that the ultimatum of July the 26th was issued at Potsdam. Their leaders promptly rejected that ultimatum. If they do not now accept our terms, they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this Earth. 1945 August 6, Harry S. Truman, 01:49 from the start, in VT2008-9-2 President Truman Announces Bombing of Hiroshima, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 23630, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2021:
This is something the likes of which I've never seen before, and we should compare like with like instead.
(countable, uncountable) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
acw شبه (something similar to a given person or object) · grc ὅμοιος (something similar to a given person or object) · de meinesgleichen (something similar to a given person or object) · sv like (something similar to a given person or object) · gd leithid (something similar to a given person or object) · pt tipo (something similar to a given person or object) · fi kaltainen (something similar to a given person or object) · nl evenknie (something similar to a given person or object) · de unseresgleichen (something similar to a given person or object) · fi lainen (something similar to a given person or object) · de euresgleichen (something similar to a given person or object) · de deinesgleichen (something similar to a given person or object) · de ihresgleichen (something similar to a given person or object) · ga macasamhail (something similar to a given person or object) · nl gelijkaardigheden (something similar to a given person or object) · nl dat soort dingen (something similar to a given person or object) · eo simila (something similar to a given person or object) · de seinesgleichen (something similar to a given person or object) · es igual (something similar to a given person or object) · ar شِبْه (something similar to a given person or object) · ga leithéid (something similar to a given person or object) · acw زَيّ (something similar to a given person or object) · hu efféle (effélék) (something similar to a given person or object) · el όμοιος (something similar to a given person or object) · es similar (something similar to a given person or object) · ar مِثْل (something similar to a given person or object) · hu hasonló (k) (something similar to a given person or object) · nl gelijkaardige dingen (something similar to a given person or object)
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).
Meanings
(Geordie, Ireland, Scotland, Teesside, colloquial, qualifier:Liverpool) A delayed filler.
He was so angry, like.
(colloquial) Indicating approximation or uncertainty.
[Sally Brown:] Christmas is getting all you can get while the getting is good.
[Charlie Brown:] GIVING! The only real joy is GIVING!
[Sally Brown, rolling her eyes:] Like, wow! 1972 December 1, Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts:
There were, like, twenty of them.
"She's like brand new." 1980, Richard Louis Newmann, Siege of Orbitor, page xiii. 68:
he kissed me goodbye on the lips + we like bumped heads + it was very awkward. 1973 October 30, Lou Sullivan, Diary:
(colloquial) Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.
A customer walked in like, "I demand to see the manager!"
I was like, “Why did you do that?” and he's like, “I don't know.”
'It made this sky ripping noise, and then went like “bang”, real hard into the ground. A long way away but.' 2014, Geoffrey Riddell, The Fly-ahead Boy, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 108:
You're just doing your own thing and some one comes out the blue,
They're like, "Alright"
What ya saying, "Yeah can I take your digits?"
And you're like, "no not in a million years, you're nasty please leave me alone." 2006, Lily Allen, Knock 'Em Out:
(colloquial) A discourse marker used to highlight or put focus on new information or a new development in a story.
And then he, like, got all angry and left the room.
She was, like, sooooo happy.
(colloquial) Introduces an exemplification or demonstration of the previous statement
And after a while I began seeing how un-hard the whole scene was. Like they had some kind of raffle + all the hard guys were looking to see if they won + then they announced everyone with a motorcycle cap or a cowboy hat on could get a free drink. How high school! 1974 January 18, Lou Sullivan, Diary:
I mean (delayed filler) · well (mild intensifier) · around (indicating approximation or uncertainty) · be all · about (indicating approximation or uncertainty) · you know (mild intensifier) · you know (delayed filler) · I mean (mild intensifier) · go
Translations (25)
es tipo (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · cmn 這個 /这个 (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · es como (2. approximation) · sv ba (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · gd seòrsa (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · pt tipo (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · ro gen (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · cmn 那個 /那个 (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · es como que (4. discourse marker) · ja ええと (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · he כָּזֶה (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · fi niinku (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · es en plan (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · id kayak (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · es tipo (4. discourse marker) · eo lajk (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · es como (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · ru такой (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · es en plan (4. discourse marker) · eo nu (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · fr genre (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · my ပေါ့ (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · fr comme (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · ja あのう (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing) · ca com (3. used when quoting or paraphrasing)
He probably got his death, as he liked to have done two years ago, by viewing the troops for the expedition, from the wall of Kensington garden. 1837, Earl of Orford Walpole (Horace), Correspondence with George Montagu: