"like it or not" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: Ellipsis of whether you like it or not. Etymology templates: {{ellipsis|en|whether you like it or not}} Ellipsis of whether you like it or not Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} like it or not
  1. (informal) Used to indicate that something is the case and cannot be altered even if the listener does not want it to be the case. Tags: informal Related terms: believe it or not, willy-nilly Translations (Translations): gusto mo o dili (Cebuano), 欲抑無欲 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 欲抑无欲 (beh a̍h bô-beh / beh á bô-beh / berh á bô-berh) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 愛抑無愛 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 爱抑无爱 (ài a̍h bô-ài / ài á bô-ài) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 你鍾唔鍾意都好 (Chinese Cantonese), 你钟唔钟意都好 (nei⁵ zung¹ m⁴ zung¹ ji³ dou¹ hou²) (Chinese Cantonese), 不管你喜不喜歡 (Chinese Mandarin), 不管你喜不喜欢 (bùguǎn nǐ xǐ bù xǐhuān) (Chinese Mandarin), pidät sitä tai et (Finnish), haluatpa sitä tai et (note: of a future or occurring event) (Finnish), pidit sitä tai et (Finnish), halusitpa sitä tai et (note: of a past event) (Finnish), que tu le veuilles ou non (French), qu’on le veuille ou non (French), akár tetszik, akár nem (Hungarian), ha tetszik, ha nem (Hungarian), tetszik vagy sem (Hungarian), suka atau tidak (Indonesian), 好むと好まざるとにかかわらず (konomu to konomazaru to ni kakawarazu) (alt: このむとこのまざるとにかかわらず) (Japanese), suka atau tidak (Malay), suka tak suka [colloquial] (Malay), chcąc nie chcąc (Polish), goste ou não (Portuguese), нра́вится вам э́то и́ли нет (nrávitsja vam éto íli net) (Russian), guste o no (Spanish), pese a quien pese (Spanish), mal que te pese (Spanish), sa gusto mo o hindi (Tagalog), подо́бається вам це чи ні (podóbajetʹsja vam ce čy ni) (Ukrainian)

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          "code": "ceb",
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          "word": "爱抑无爱"
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          "word": "不管你喜不喜歡"
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          "word": "haluatpa sitä tai et"
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          "word": "halusitpa sitä tai et"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "que tu le veuilles ou non"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "qu’on le veuille ou non"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "akár tetszik, akár nem"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
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          "word": "suka atau tidak"
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          "alt": "このむとこのまざるとにかかわらず",
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          "word": "好むと好まざるとにかかわらず"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "suka atau tidak"
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          "word": "suka tak suka"
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          "word": "chcąc nie chcąc"
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          "word": "goste ou não"
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          "roman": "nrávitsja vam éto íli net",
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          "word": "нра́вится вам э́то и́ли нет"
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          "word": "guste o no"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "word": "pese a quien pese"
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          "code": "es",
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          "word": "mal que te pese"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
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          "word": "sa gusto mo o hindi"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "podóbajetʹsja vam ce čy ni",
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          "word": "подо́бається вам це чи ні"
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      "word": "爱抑无爱"
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      "word": "不管你喜不喜歡"
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      "word": "不管你喜不喜欢"
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      "word": "haluatpa sitä tai et"
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      "word": "pidit sitä tai et"
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      "word": "halusitpa sitä tai et"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "que tu le veuilles ou non"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "qu’on le veuille ou non"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "akár tetszik, akár nem"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "word": "ha tetszik, ha nem"
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      "word": "suka atau tidak"
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      "roman": "konomu to konomazaru to ni kakawarazu",
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      "word": "好むと好まざるとにかかわらず"
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "suka atau tidak"
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      "word": "suka tak suka"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "chcąc nie chcąc"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "goste ou não"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nrávitsja vam éto íli net",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "нра́вится вам э́то и́ли нет"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "word": "guste o no"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "pese a quien pese"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "word": "mal que te pese"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "sa gusto mo o hindi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "podóbajetʹsja vam ce čy ni",
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      "word": "подо́бається вам це чи ні"
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