like
/laɪ̯k/ verb A1- To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of. · I like reading books.· I very much like hamburgers.
- To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity. · I like to go to the dentist every six months.· She likes to keep herself physically fit.
- To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for. · I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her.
- To want, desire. See also would like. · Would you like a cigarette?· We could go to the museum if you like.
- To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote. · I liked my friend's last status on Facebook.· I can't stand Bloggs' tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition.
- To be prone to. · Too bad this cheese likes to stick to the pan and ruin the whole meal.
- Of a computer or other system: to tolerate as an input; to accept. · This self-service checkout doesn't seem to like my credit card.· email delivery failed: remote host does not like recipient
Plural like · He/she/it likes · Past liked · Past participle liked · -ing form liking
Verb forms
- Base form
- like
- He/she/it
- likes
- Past
- liked
- Past participle
- liked
- -ing form
- liking
From the library
“When one is going to be married, there is nothing like implicit confidence; but never mind that, my boy,—go and announce your arrival, and let her know all your hopes and prospects.”
You do not like Dantès?”
“I never like upstarts.”
Her aunt asked her, smilingly, how she liked it.
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