like

1. 1.

   To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.

   I like reading books.

   I very much like hamburgers.

   I like skiing in winter very much.

   I like the Seattle Mariners this season.

   I like it when you sing.

2. 2.

   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.

   We like to keep one around the office just in case.

3. 3.

   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.

   Đồng nghĩa: fancy, enjoy, love

4. 4.

   (with 'would' and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like.

   Would you like a cigarette?

   We could go to the museum if you like.

   May I leave now? ~ If you like.

   I don't like to disturb him when he's working.

5. 5.

   (Internet, transitive)(Internet, social media, transitive) 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.

6. 6.

   Of inanimate objects:

7. 7.

   (archaic)To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.

   He liked to have been too late.

8. 8.

   (obsolete)To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).

9. 9.

   (obsolete)To liken; to compare.

10. 10.

    (dialectal, intransitive)(chiefly dialectal, intransitive) To be likely.

1. 1.

   (in plural)(chiefly in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).

   Tell me your likes and dislikes.

   Đồng nghĩa: favorite, preference

2. 2.

   (Internet)An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.

3. 3.

   (countable, sometimes, uncountable)(sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.

   There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like.

   This is something the likes of which I've never seen before, and we should compare like with like instead.

   1935, Winston Churchill on T.E. Lawrence We shall never see his like again.

4. 4.

   (countable, uncountable)(golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.

   to play the like

1. 1.

   Similar.

   My partner and I have like minds.

   The two cats were as like as though they had come from the same litter.

   1872, John Forster, The Life of Charles Dickens This apology was made after Hunt's death, and mentioned a revision of the first sketch, so as to render it less like, at the suggestion of two other friends of Hunt. The friends were Procter (Barry Cornwall) and myself; the feeling having been mine from the first that the likeness was too like.

2. 2.

   (Scotland, Southern US)(Scotland, Southern US, otherwise archaic) Likely; probable.

   But it is like the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices.

3. 3.

   (Scotland, Southern US, usually)(Scotland, Southern US, otherwise archaic; usually with to) inclined (to), prone (to).

   He seems like to run from any semblance of hard work.

1. 1.

   (colloquial, dialectal, obsolete)(colloquial, obsolete outside dialects) Likely.

2. 2.

   (archaic, rare)(archaic or rare) In a like or similar manner.

lak

1. 1.

   (colloquial)As, the way.

   1966, Advertising slogan for Winston cigarettes Winston tastes good like a cigarette should

2. 2.

   (colloquial, usually)(usually colloquial) As if; as though; such as.

   It looks like you've finished the project.

   It seemed like you didn't care.

   Why don’t we do something useful like clean the kitchen?

   He didn’t have many friends, it didn’t seem like.

lak

1. 1.

   Similar to, reminiscent of.

   Folk like that I just can’t brook.

   I’m very like my father.

2. 2.

   Typical of.

   It would be just like Achilles to be sulking in his tent.

3. 3.

   Approximating.

   Popcorn costs something like 10 dollars at the movies.

4. 4.

   In the manner of, similarly to.

   He doesn't act like a president.

5. 5.

   Such as.

   It's for websites like Wikipedia.

6. 6.

   As if there would be.

   It looks like a hot summer in Europe.

7. 7.

   Used to ask for a description or opinion of someone or something.

   I hear she has a new boyfriend. What's he like? –He's intelligent and handsome.

   What’s the weather like in Ürümqi today?

   What does your mom look like? –She's pretty.

lak

1. 1.

   (Geordie, Ireland, Scotland, Teesside, colloquial)(colloquial, Scotland, Ireland, Geordie, Teesside, Liverpool) A delayed filler.

   He was so angry, like.

2. 2.

   (colloquial)Indicating approximation or uncertainty.

   There were, like, twenty of them.

3. 3.

   (colloquial)Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.

   I was like, “Why did you do that?” and he's like, “I don't know.”

   A customer walked in like, "I demand to see the manager!"

4. 4.

   (colloquial)a discourse marker used to highlight or put focus on new information or a new development in a story

   She was, like, sooooo happy.

   And then he, like, got all angry and left the room.