Meaning

13 senses
  1. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.

    I like reading books.

    I very much like hamburgers.

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  4. To want, desire. See also would like.

    Would you like a cigarette?

    We could go to the museum if you like.

  5. (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

  6. Of inanimate objects:

    (informal)To be prone to.

    Too bad this cheese likes to stick to the pan and ruin the whole meal.

  7. (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.

  8. (dialectal, intransitive)To be likely.

  9. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.

    (archaic, transitive)To please (same meaning as above but with subject and object reversed).

  10. (obsolete)To derive pleasure [with of or by or with ‘from someone or something’].

  11. (archaic)To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.

    He liked to have been too late.

  12. (obsolete)To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).

Examples

60697 sentences
  1. Would you like something to drink?

    Ви б хотіли чогось випити?

    ruНе хотите ли чего-нибудь выпить?

    deWillst du etwas zum Trinken?

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  2. Would you like to go abroad?

    Ти би хотів поїхати за кордон?

    ruТы хотел бы поехать за границу?

    deWürdest du gern ins Ausland gehen?

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  3. You may go anywhere you like.

    Можеш іти куди хочеш.

    ruМожешь идти куда хочешь.

    deDu kannst gehen, wohin du möchtest.

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  4. I like the way you smile.

    Мені подобається, як ти посміхаєшся.

    ruМне нравится, как ты улыбаешься.

    deIch mag deine Art, zu lächeln.

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  5. I don't feel like going out.

    В мене немає настрою йти гуляти.

    ruМне неохота никуда выходить.

    deIch habe keine Lust auszugehen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to enjoy:
Русский
By meaning 3
to enjoy:
to find attractive:
to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to enjoy:
to show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote:

Origin

Verb from Middle English liken, from Old English līcian (“to like, to please”), from Proto

Verb 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, liked
Base formlike · to like
3rd person singularlikes
Present participleliking
Past simpleliked
Past participleliked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylike
he, she, itlikes

Past simpleLesson

all personsliked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave liked
he, she, ithas liked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill like

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • to hope, to desire or to prefer to have something, or to do something:wishcare

Antonyms

5 antonyms

Word family

18 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
like — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto