like

Значение

Verb

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

Noun

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

Adj

1. Similar.
2. Likely; probable.
3. inclined (to), prone (to).

Adv

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

Noun

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

Conj

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

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. (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.

Произносится как (IPA)

/laɪ̯k/

Этимология

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”), Dutch lijken (“to seem”), German 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 líka (“to like”).
Noun from Middle English like (“pleasure, will, like”), from the verb Middle English liken (“to like”).

Предложения

What was she like ?

На что она была похожа?

How would you like to work for me ?

Как бы вы хотели работать на меня?

You mean spies and things like that ?

Вы имеете в виду шпионов и тому подобное?

It was a tent like many at the oasis .

Это была палатка, как и многие в Оазисе.

She danced like a swan , tall and graceful .

Она танцевала как лебедь, высокий и грациозный.

He has done so much ghostwriting that he starts to feel like a ghost , too .

Он сделал так много писателей призраков, что тоже начинает чувствовать себя призраком.

You'll take fifty and like it !

Вы возьмете пятьдесят и понравится!

His popular exhibitions went under the banner You've never seen anything like it !

Его популярные выставки прошли под знаменем, которого вы никогда не видели ничего подобного!