Meaning of like | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
   countable, sometimes, uncountable
2. Something that a person likes (prefers).
   in-plural
3. A surname.
4. Something that is liked; a preference: made a list of his likes and dislikes.
5. The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
   countable, uncountable
6. An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.
   Internet
7. No matter how one might feel: Like it or not, we have to get up early tomorrow.
8. Possessing the same or almost the same characteristics; similar: on this and like occasions.
9. To say or utter. Used chiefly in oral narration: And he's like, "Leave me alone!"
10. In the manner indicated: You apply the paint like so.
11. Used with a past infinitive or with to and a simple past form to indicate being just on the point of or coming near to having done something in the past: "I like to a split a gut laughin'." "It seemed as how nobody had thought about measurin' the width of the bridge's openin', and we like to didn't make it through" (Dictionary of American Regional English).
    to
12. a suffixal use of like 1 in the formation of adjectives: childlike.
13. Possessing the same or almost the same characteristics:alike, analogous, comparable, corresponding, equivalent, parallel, similar, uniform.
14. the same or similar. They're as like as two peas. soortgelyk مِثْل подобен igual podobný wie lignende; ens ίδιος, παρόμοιοςparecido, igual sarnane مانند samanlainen pareil àכמו, דומה ל- एक से isti, sličan hasonló sama, serupa eins, líkur simile 似ている 유사한 panašus, vienodas līdzīgs serupa gelijk lik, ens; liknendepodobny په شان igual asemănător одинаковый; похожий podobný podoben nalik lika เหมือน benzer, aynı, eş 相同的，相似的 схожий, подібний مماثل ، عین ویسا ہی giống như 相同的，相似的
15. the same as or similar to; in the same or a similar way as. He climbs like a cat; She is like her mother. ewebeeld مِثْل، مُشابِه като como jako wie ligesom; som σαν como nagu مثل kuin commeכמו के समान, के सदृश poput, kao mint seperti, laksana eins og come ～のような …과 같은 방식으로, 마찬가지로 kaip līdzīgs; kā seperti net alssomjak په شان،لكه como ca похожий на ako kakor poput som, likadan som เหมือน benzer, gibi 相像，如同 схожий, подібний مشابہ ، کی طرح giống nhau 相象

Equivalents

Examples

“Tell me your likes and dislikes.”

“Social media is supervisual, and there's nothing more shareable than images, so this is a way to increase shares and likes and follows.”

“Dress for myself, I don't dress for hype / I dress for myself, you dress for the likes”

“Likes are the social media currency undergirding an entire influencer economy, inspiring a million Kardashian wannabes and giving many of us regular people daily endorphin hits.”

“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.”

“"Such things do happen and centre round the wicked medium. You can get down into a region which is akin to the popular idea of witchcraft, it is dishonest to deny it." "Like attracts like," explained Mrs. Mailey[.]”

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

“It was to spare the Japanese people from utter destruction that the ultimatum of July the 26th was issued at Potsdam. Their leaders promptly rejected that ultimatum. If they do not now accept our terms, they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this Earth.”

“In fact it would be fair to say that he had reached a level of annoyance the like of which had never been seen in the Universe.”

“The manifesto talks of safeguards to ensure that freight operators receive fair access to the network. These may be reassuring words for the likes of DB Cargo, but the devil will be in the detail and freight operators will no doubt be pressing for that detail to include cheaper electricity and access charges.”

“to play the like”

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