like
Something that a person likesSomething that a person likes (prefers).
» Would you like something to drink?
Willst du etwas zum Trinken? — MUIRIEL
Möchtest du etwas zu trinken? — xtofu80
Möchtest du was zum Trinken? — list
Не хотите ли чего-нибудь выпить? — marafon
Ты бы хотела что-нибудь выпить? — odexed
Ви б хотіли чогось випити? — deniko
Ти не хотів би чогось випити? — deniko
Ви бажаєте щось випити? — deniko
Ти бажаєш щось випити? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(in the plural)Something that a person likes (prefers).
Tell me your likes and dislikes.
Vorliebe
a kind of person
(Internet)An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.
Like
лайкlajk, лойсlojs
вподоба́йкаvpodobájka, лайкlajk
(countable, sometimes, uncountable)Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like.
This is something the likes of which I've never seen before, and we should compare like with like instead.
meinesgleichen, deinesgleichen, seinesgleichen
(countable, uncountable)The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
to play the like
Examples
60697 sentencesWould you like something to drink?
Ви б хотіли чогось випити? — deniko
ruНе хотите ли чего-нибудь выпить? — marafon
deWillst du etwas zum Trinken? — MUIRIEL
Would you like to go abroad?
Ти би хотів поїхати за кордон? — deniko
ruТы хотел бы поехать за границу? — tien_oroniel
deWürdest du gern ins Ausland gehen? — Kuraimegami
You may go anywhere you like.
Можеш іти куди хочеш. — aandrusiak
ruМожешь идти куда хочешь. — Kostia
deDu kannst gehen, wohin du möchtest. — jakov
I like the way you smile.
Мені подобається, як ти посміхаєшся. — deniko
ruМне нравится, как ты улыбаешься. — marafon
deIch mag deine Art, zu lächeln. — MUIRIEL
I don't feel like going out.
В мене немає настрою йти гуляти. — deniko
ruМне неохота никуда выходить. — marafon
deIch habe keine Lust auszugehen. — MUIRIEL
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
By meaning 3
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”).
Adjective from Middle English lik, lyk, lich, like, from Old English ġelīċ by shortening, influenced by Old Norse líkr, glíkr; both from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“like, similar, same”). Related to alike; more distantly, with lich and -ly. Cognate with West Frisian like (“like; as”), Saterland Frisian gliek (“like”), Danish lig (“alike”), Dutch gelijk (“like, alike”), German gleich (“equal, like”), Icelandic líkur (“alike, like, similar”), Norwegian lik (“like, alike”) Swedish lik (“like, similar”)
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Forms
plural: likesSynonyms
5 synonyms- a kind of person:ilk
- a similar kind:the likethe likes of
Antonyms
5 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsCollocations
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 dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.