like

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
2. (archaic, transitive) To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
3. (obsolete) To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
4. To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
5. To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
6. To want, desire. See also would like.
7. (Internet, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
8. (informal) Of inanimate objects:
9. (informal) Of inanimate objects:
10. (archaic) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.
11. (obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
12. (obsolete) To liken; to compare.

Noun

1. (in-plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
2. (Internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.

Adj

1. Similar.
2. (Scotland, Southern-US, archaic) Likely; probable.
3. (Scotland, Southern-US, usually) inclined (to), prone (to).

Adv

1. (colloquial, obsolete) Likely.
2. (archaic, rare) In a like or similar manner.

Noun

1. (countable, sometimes, uncountable) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
2. (countable, uncountable) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.

Conj

1. (colloquial) As, the way.
2. (colloquial, usually) As if; as though; such as.

Prep

1. Similar to, reminiscent of.
2. Typical of.
3. Approximating.
4. In the manner of, similarly to.
5. Such as.
6. As if there would be.
7. Used to ask for a description or opinion of someone or something.

Particle

1. Likely.
2. (Geordie, Ireland, Scotland, Teesside, colloquial) A delayed filler.
3. (colloquial) Indicating approximation or uncertainty.
4. (colloquial) Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.
5. (colloquial) a discourse marker used to highlight or put focus on new information or a new development in a story

Teenoorgestelde van

dislike, hate, mislike, disapprove, unlike#Verb, dislike#Verb, pet hate, pet peeve

Sinonieme

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love

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analogous

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think well of

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Vertalings

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/laɪ̯k/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: liken

Geërf van Old English: līcian

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: liekje

Verwante met Nederlands: lijken

Verwante met Duits: gleichen

Verwante met Sweeds: lika

Verwante met Noors: like

Verwante met Yslands: líka

Geërf van Middle English: like

Geërf van Middle English: lik

Geërf van Old English: ġelīċ

Verwante met Fries: like

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: gliek

Verwante met Deens: lig

Verwante met Nederlands: gelijk

Verwante met Duits: gleich

Verwante met Yslands: líkur

Verwante met Noors: lik

Verwante met Sweeds: lik

Geërf van Old English: ġelīċe

In summary

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”).

Sinne

Do you like it ?

Drink like a fish , water only .

It was a tent like many at the oasis .

Fabian does not like pepper .

You'll take fifty and like it !

Tangier is not like the rest of Africa .