"like" meaning in English

See like in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /laɪ̯k/ Audio: en-us-like.ogg [US], en-uk-to like.ogg [UK] Forms: like [positive], more like [comparative], most like [superlative]
enPR: līk Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. similar or the same
    Sense id: simple-like-en-adj-Zx5ypn1r

Interjection

IPA: /laɪ̯k/ Audio: en-us-like.ogg [US], en-uk-to like.ogg [UK] Forms: like
enPR: līk Head templates: {{interjection}} [POS TABLE]
  1. You use like, when you are trying to think about the right words.
    Sense id: simple-like-en-intj-FzxW8FWS Categories (other): Colloquial
  2. You use like when the information isn't exactly true.
    Sense id: simple-like-en-intj-PZqe-gh5 Categories (other): Colloquial
  3. You use like when you are trying to make something sound softer.
    Sense id: simple-like-en-intj-~A-VX8zO Categories (other): Colloquial
  4. You use like before what somebody said.
    Sense id: simple-like-en-intj-7yCqKfEs Categories (other): Colloquial

Noun

IPA: /laɪ̯k/ Audio: en-us-like.ogg [US], en-uk-to like.ogg [UK] Forms: like [singular], likes [plural]
enPR: līk Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A like is something that you think is good.
    Sense id: simple-like-en-noun--vM~pEjh
  2. At the end of a list of things, and the like means: and other similar things.
    Sense id: simple-like-en-noun-npYAgaJk
  3. You use the likes of someone to show that you don't think that person is a good person.
    Sense id: simple-like-en-noun-532rK6Uq

Preposition

IPA: /laɪ̯k/ Audio: en-us-like.ogg [US], en-uk-to like.ogg [UK] Forms: like
enPR: līk Head templates: {{preposition}} [POS TABLE]
  1. almost the same. Synonyms: similar
    Sense id: simple-like-en-prep-RV19pV8n

Verb

IPA: /laɪ̯k/ Audio: en-us-like.ogg [US], en-uk-to like.ogg [UK] Forms: like [canonical], likes [third-person, singular], liked [past], liked [past, participle], liking [present, participle]
enPR: līk Head templates: {{verb|lik|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To be happy about someone or something; to think that someone or something is good.
    Sense id: simple-like-en-verb-FmRhpH0v
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          "text": "I like good food."
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          "text": "Like those days, things are changing."
        },
        {
          "text": "My mother's eye's are green like mine."
        },
        {
          "text": "We don’t get along like we used to."
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          "text": "So, I'm like, \"What do you mean.\" And he's like, \"you know what I mean.\""
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          "text": "She's very like her mother."
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        },
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