like
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/laɪ̯k/]
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1. like (adj) — sense 1
Definition: Similar.
Example: My partner and I have like minds.
2. like (adj) — sense 2
Definition: Likely; probable.
Example: But it is like the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices.
3. like (adj) — sense 3
Definition: inclined (to), prone (to).
Example: He seems like to run from any semblance of hard work.
4. like (adv) — sense 4
Definition: Likely.
Example: DON PEDRO. May be she doth but counterfeit.
CLAUDIO. Faith, like enough.
5. like (adv) — sense 5
Definition: In a like or similar manner.
Example: Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
6. like (noun) — sense 6
Definition: Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
Example: There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like.
7. like (noun) — sense 7
Definition: The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
Example: to play the like
8. like (conj) — sense 8
Definition: As, the way.
Example: But if you do right to me, baby
I’ll do right to you, too
Ya got to do unto others
Like you’d have them, like you’d have them, do unto you
9. like (conj) — sense 9
Definition: As if; as though.
Example: It looks like you've finished the project.
10. like (conj) — sense 10
Definition: Such as.
Example: Why don’t we do something useful like clean the kitchen?
11. like (prep) — sense 11
Definition: Similar to, reminiscent of.
Example: Folk like that I just can’t brook.
12. like (prep) — sense 12
Definition: Typical of.
Example: It would be just like Achilles to be sulking in his tent.
13. like (prep) — sense 13
Definition: Approximating.
Example: Popcorn costs something like 10 dollars at the movies.
14. like (particle) — sense 14
Definition: A delayed filler.
Example: He was so angry, like.
15. like (particle) — sense 15
Definition: Indicating approximation or uncertainty.
Example: There were, like, twenty of them.
16. like (particle) — sense 16
Definition: Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.
Example: I was like, “Why did you do that?” and he's like, “I don't know.”
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