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: to feel attraction toward or take pleasure in : enjoy. likes baseball. b. : to feel toward : regard. how would you like a change. 2. : to wish to have : want. would like a drink. 3. : to do well in. this plant likes dry soil. my car does not like cold weather. 4.
to enjoy or approve of something or someone: I like your new haircut. Do you like fish? I like it when a book is so good that you can't put it down. I quite like wine but I could live without it. He's very well-liked (= popular) at work.
preposition. in like manner with; similarly to; in the manner characteristic of: He works like a beaver. resembling (someone or something): He is just like his father. Your necklace is just like mine. characteristic of: It would be like him to forget our appointment. as if there is promise of; indicative of:
If you say that someone is behaving like something or someone else, you mean that they are behaving in a way that is typical of that kind of thing or person. Like is used in this way in many fixed expressions, for example to cry like a baby and to watch someone like a hawk.
Define like. like synonyms, like pronunciation, like translation, English dictionary definition of like. v. liked , lik·ing , likes v. tr. 1. To find pleasant or attractive; enjoy: Do you like ice cream? I like your style. 2. a. To want to have: I would like...
Definition of like verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
like. noun. uk / laɪk / us. [ no plural ] formal. someone or something that is similar to someone or something else: Economists are predicting a depression, the like of which the world has never seen. and the like informal. and similar things: There's a gym that they use for dance and aerobics and the like.
