like

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To enjoy something or find it pleasant.

   I really like jogging in the morning.

2. 2
   verb

   To be fond of someone or care about them.

   I like my nephews very much.

3. 3
   verb

   To want something (often as a polite request).

   I'd like a coffee, please.

4. 4
   adj

   Having the same or similar qualities as something else.

   The two brothers have like tastes in music.

5. 5
   noun

   A person or thing of a similar kind.

   We may never see his like again.

Common collocations

• like clockwork Preposition + noun
• look like Verb + preposition/particle

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…

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