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Like

verb

(past & past part. liked; pres. part. liking)

1.

Prefer or wish to do something. Synonyms: care, wish. "Would you like to come along to the movies?"

2.

Find enjoyable or agreeable. "She likes to read Russian novels"

3.

Be fond of.

4.

Feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard.

5.

Want to have.

adjective

(compar. liker; superl. likest)

1.

Resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination. Synonym: similar. "A limited circle of like minds" , "Members of the cat family have like dispositions" , "As like as two peas in a pod" , "Doglike devotion" , "A dreamlike quality"

2.

Equal in amount or value. Synonym: same. "Equivalent amounts" , "The same amount" , "Gave one six blows and the other a like number" , "The same number"

3.

Having the same or similar characteristics. Synonyms: alike, similar. "They looked utterly alike" , "Friends are generally alike in background and taste"

4.

Conforming in every respect. Synonyms: comparable, corresponding. "The like period of the preceding year"

noun

1.

A similar kind. Synonyms: the like, the likes of. "We don't want the likes of you around here"

2.

A kind of person. Synonym: ilk. "I can't tolerate people of his ilk"

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— The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. • Washington Irving

... tenderly, "an' did ever a wild boy like him love his own more? Night an' day his wan thought is of them. The sun rises an' sets for him behind that picther there," pointing to Louis' portraits. "If annythin' had happened to that lovely child last Spring he'd a-choked ...

— The Art of Disappearing • John Talbot Smith

... was over, Professor Brown asked me to assist in reading the proof-sheets of his new book and this I did, going over it with him line by line. His deference to my judgment was a sincere compliment to my reading and warmed my heart like some elixir. It was my first authoritative appreciation and when at the end of the third session he said, "I shall consider your criticism more than equal to the sum of your tuition," I began to faintly forecast the time when my brain would make ...

— A Son of the Middle Border • Hamlin Garland

... inquiry that prevails throughout the lettered and even unlettered world, the new and extraordinary lights that have been thrown on political subjects which dazzle and astonish the understanding, and particularly that tremendous phenomenon in the political horizon, the French Revolution, which, like a blazing comet, seems destined either to inspire with fresh life and vigour, or to scorch up and destroy the shrinking inhabitants of the earth, have all concurred to lead many able men into the opinion that we were touching on a period big with the most important ...

— An Essay on the Principle of Population • Thomas Malthus

... "Murdered, if you'd like the whole thrill," Lutchester continued. "Of course, we didn't get many particulars in the wireless, but we gathered that he was shot by some one passing him in a more powerful car on a lonely stretch of the Great ...

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