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How to pronounce like
Say it like this: /lʌɪk/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does like mean?
verbTo enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
“I like reading books.”
To please (same meaning as above but with subject and object reversed).
“His countenance likes me not.”
To derive pleasure [with of or by or with ‘from someone or something’].
nounSomething that a person likes (prefers).
“Tell me your likes and dislikes.”
An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.
“Dress for myself, I don't dress for hype / I dress for myself, you dress for the likes”
adjSimilar.
“My partner and I have like minds.”
Likely; probable.
“But it is like the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices.”
inclined (to), prone (to).
“He seems like to run from any semblance of hard work.”
advLikely.
“DON PEDRO. May be she doth but counterfeit. CLAUDIO. Faith, like enough.”
In a like or similar manner.
“Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.”
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