like
To enjoy, be pleased byTo enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
» Would you like something to drink?
Willst du etwas zum Trinken?
Möchtest du etwas zu trinken?
Möchtest du was zum Trinken?
Не хотите ли чего-нибудь выпить?
Ты бы хотела что-нибудь выпить?
Ви б хотіли чогось випити?
Ти не хотів би чогось випити?
Ви бажаєте щось випити?
Ти бажаєш щось випити?
Meaning
13 sensesTo enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
I like reading books.
I very much like hamburgers.
To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
I like to go to the dentist every six months.
She likes to keep herself physically fit.
To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her.
mögen, gern haben, gefallen
нра́витьсяnrávitʹsja, понра́витьсяponrávitʹsja
to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something
To want, desire. See also would like.
Would you like a cigarette?
We could go to the museum if you like.
(Internet, transitive)To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
I liked my friend's last status on Facebook.
I can't stand Bloggs' tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition.
liken
ста́вить лайкstávitʹ lajk, поста́вить лайкpostávitʹ lajk, ла́йкатьlájkatʹ
Of inanimate objects:
(informal)To be prone to.
Too bad this cheese likes to stick to the pan and ruin the whole meal.
(informal)Of a computer or other system: to tolerate as an input; to accept.
This self-service checkout doesn't seem to like my credit card.
We were frustrated that our seeming innocent choice for a team name was rejected by the game. Apparently somewhere in the name is a word that the algorithm doesn’t like.
(dialectal, intransitive)To be likely.
To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
(archaic, transitive)To please (same meaning as above but with subject and object reversed).
(obsolete)To derive pleasure [with of or by or with ‘from someone or something’].
(archaic)To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.
He liked to have been too late.
(obsolete)To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
Examples
60697 sentencesWould you like something to drink?
Ви б хотіли чогось випити?
ruНе хотите ли чего-нибудь выпить?
deWillst du etwas zum Trinken?
Would you like to go abroad?
Ти би хотів поїхати за кордон?
ruТы хотел бы поехать за границу?
deWürdest du gern ins Ausland gehen?
You may go anywhere you like.
Можеш іти куди хочеш.
ruМожешь идти куда хочешь.
deDu kannst gehen, wohin du möchtest.
I like the way you smile.
Мені подобається, як ти посміхаєшся.
ruМне нравится, как ты улыбаешься.
deIch mag deine Art, zu lächeln.
I don't feel like going out.
В мене немає настрою йти гуляти.
ruМне неохота никуда выходить.
deIch habe keine Lust auszugehen.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Verb from Middle English liken, from Old English līcian (“to like, to please”), from ProtoVerb from Middle English liken, from Old English līcian (“to like, to please”), from Proto-West Germanic *līkēn, from Proto-Germanic *līkāną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“image; likeness; similarity”).
From like (adverb) and like (adjective).
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Forms
likes, liking, liked, likedSynonyms
5 synonymsAntonyms
5 antonymsWord family
18 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- looks like
- like doing doing
- feel like
- would like to
- something like that
- sounds like
- like to go
- look like a
- really like
- like the way
- like to do
- something like