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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

like it or not en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Ellipsis of whether you like it or not.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Used to indicate that something is the case and cannot be altered even if the listener does not want it to be the case.
    • Like it or not, influencers’ TikTok dances are being woven into our cultural identities. 2026 March 9, Cyrus Veyssi, “In Defense of Influencers”, in TIME, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2026:

Relateds

willy-nilly · believe it or not

Translations (34)

es mal que te pese (Translations) · fr qu'on le veuille ou non (Translations) · ar شَاءَ أَمْ أَبَى (Translations) · nl of je het nu leuk vindt of niet (Translations) · es lo quieras o no (Translations) · uk подо́бається вам це чи ні (Translations) · ar شِئْتُم أَمْ أَبَيْتُمْ (Translations) · ms suka atau tidak (Translations) · ms suka tak suka (Translations) · pl chcąc nie chcąc (Translations) · fi pidät sitä tai et (Translations) · cmn 不管你喜不喜歡 /不管你喜不喜欢 (Translations) · sv vare sig du vill eller inte (Translations) · is nauðugur viljugur (Translations) · fr que tu le veuilles ou non (Translations) · fi halusitpa sitä tai et (Translations) · ru нра́вится вам э́то и́ли нет (Translations) · yue 你鍾唔鍾意都好 /你钟唔钟意都好 (Translations) · ga más olc maith leat é (Translations) · hu akár tetszik, akár nem (Translations) · id suka atau tidak (Translations) · ja 好むと好まざるとにかかわらず (Translations) · es pese a quien pese (Translations) · tl sa gusto mo o hindi (Translations) · ar شِئْنَا أَمْ أَبَيْنَا (Translations) · pt goste ou não (Translations) · ko 좋든 싫든 간에 (Translations) · fi haluatpa sitä tai et (Translations) · nan-hbl 愛抑無愛 /爱抑无爱 (Translations) · ceb gusto mo o dili (Translations) · de ob es nun gefällt oder nicht (Translations) · fi pidit sitä tai et (Translations) · nan-hbl 欲抑無欲 /欲抑无欲 (Translations) · es guste o no (Translations)