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[ pronoun ] similar to or in the same way as
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[ verb ] prefer or wish to do something
Examples "Do you care to try this dish?" "Would you like to come along to the movies?" Used in print (David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)Of_course , I would like to go_to an out-of-town school where there are all kinds of people , but I would want lots of Jewish kids there '' . (James Bryant Conant, Slums and Suburbs...)Here again we run_into the roadblock that Negroes do not like to be designated as Negroes in the press . (Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)American newspaper reviewers like to call his plays nihilistic . (Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)Do n't like to bother no_one unless we have to , which I figger we do , in your case . (Richard S. Prather, "The Bawdy Beautiful," Cavalier...)`` You might as_well wait here while I 'm gone , so you can use my shower if you 'd like '' . |
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[ verb ] find enjoyable or agreeable
Examples "I like jogging" "She likes to read Russian novels" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)The dialogue is sharp , witty and candid - typical `` do n't eat the daisies '' material - which has stamped the author throughout her books and plays , and it was obvious that the Theatre-by-the-Sea audience liked it . On_the_whole , audiences will like this performance . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Pansies are supposed to like it cool , but those great velvety flowers were healthy and perky in the glaring sun . I like to make a seedbed right in the open , though many people start them successfully in cold_frames . I like sawdust for this , or hay . |
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[ adjective ] resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
Synonyms Examples "suits of like design" "a limited circle of like minds" "as like as two peas in a pod" "doglike devotion" "a dreamlike quality" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)In the tintable group are high and little heels , squared and oval throats , and shantung like textures . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)It is roughly shaped like a large pear , and when properly ripened , its dark green skin covers a meaty , melon like pulp that has about the consistency of a ripe Bartlett_pear , but oily . The flavor is neither sweet , like a pear , nor tart like an orange ; it is subtle and rather bland , nut like . This cooling does not change the avocado in any way , it just delays the natural softening of the fruit until a grove like temperature ( room_temperature ) is restored . (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)All Southerners agree that slavery had to go ; but many historians maintain that except for Northern meddling it would have ended in states like Virginia years before it did . Related terms |
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[ verb ] be fond of
Examples "I like my nephews" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)After the coach listed all the boy 's faults , Hartweger said , `` Coach before I leave here , you 'll get to like me '' . (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)If he bites a playmate she says , `` Danny won't like you '' . ("Editorials"...)Mongi_Slim of Tunisia and Frederick_Boland of Ireland were early favorites in_the_running , but France did n't like the former and the Soviet_Union would have none of the latter . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)He did not like Boxell . (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)They neither liked nor disliked the Old_Man . |
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[ verb ] feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard
Examples "How did you like the President's speech last night?" Used in print (Newark Evening News,...)`` We 'll take the truth to the people , and the people will like the truth and elect their candidate and party in November '' . (The Atlanta Constitution...)That this is not good politics is underscored by the latest poll figures which show that 72 per_cent of the people like the way in_which the new President is conducting the nation 's business . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] equal in amount or value
Synonyms Examples "like amounts" "equivalent amounts" "the same amount" "gave one six blows and the other a like number" "an equal number" "the same number" Used in print (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)In a like sense whatever bits or shreds of previous conceptions one may find in it , Utopian communism remains , as an integral whole , original - a new thing . Related terms |
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[ verb ] want to have
Examples "I'd like a beer now!" Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Pansies are supposed to like it cool , but those great velvety flowers were healthy and perky in the glaring sun . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having the same or similar characteristics
Examples "all politicians are alike" "they looked utterly alike" "friends are generally alike in background and taste" Used in print (Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)Griffith looked half crocked to the captain ; it would be just like him . |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 30081
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[ conjunction ] conjunction, in the same way or to the same degree
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[ adjective ] conforming in every respect
Synonyms Examples "boxes with corresponding dimensions" "the like period of the preceding year" Related terms |
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