Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - like
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Like
like
~ suffix typical of, or suitable to something (a jelly-like substance | childlike simplicity | ladylike behaviour)
like ~1 prep 1 similar in some way to something else (My mother has a car like yours. | He crawled out of the hut on his belly, like a snake. | very like) (He's very like his brother. | look/sound/feel/taste/seem like) (The building looked like a church. | At last he felt like a real soldier. | just like (=exactly like)) (She was just like all the other girls. | like new (=in perfect condition)) (The carpet just needs a good clean and it'll be like new.) 2 nothing like/anything like used to say that something is not at all similar to something else, or to ask whether it is similar (The course was nothing like what I'd expected. | Was the film anything like the book?) 3 like this/like so spoken used when you are showing someone how to do something (You have to fold the corners back, like so.) 4 typical of a particular person (It's not like Steven to be late.) 5 what is sb/sth like? used when asking someone to describe or give their opinion of a person or thing (Have you met the new boss? What's he like?) 6 for example (far-off countries like Australia and China | nutritious foods like eggs and fish) 7 something like not much more or less than a particular amount; about (The machinery alone will cost something like thirty thousand pounds.) 8 more like used when giving an amount or number that you think is more accurate than one that has been mentioned (The builders say they'll be finished in three months, but I think it'll be more like six.) 9 there's nothing like spoken used to say that a particular thing is the best (There's nothing like a nice cup of tea!) 10 that's more like it spoken used to tell someone that what they are doing or suggesting is more satisfactory than what they did or suggested before ~2 v T not usually in progressive) 1 to enjoy something or think that it is nice (I like your new dress. | Bill doesn't like Chinese food. | like sth best (=prefer it)) (Which of these colours do you like best? | like doing sth) (I like swimming, playing tennis, and things like that. | like to do sth) (I like to see the children enjoying themselves. | like sth about sth/sb) (What I like about this job is the flexibility. | like it) (I don't like it when you look at me like that! | It was a great place for a vacation. You'd have liked it there. | like the idea/thought of (doing) sth) (Sandra didn't like the idea of being so far from home. | like the look/sound of) (I don't like the look of that black cloud over there. We'd better go in. | get to like sth informal (=begin to like it)) (I don't think I'll ever get to like modern art.) 2 to think that someone is nice or enjoy being with them (I don't think he likes me - he never talks to me.) 3 to prefer that something is done in one particular way or at one particular time rather than another (like sth) ("How do you like your coffee?" "Black, please." | I like films with action in them. None of this boring romantic stuff.) 4 to think that it is good to do something, so that you do it regularly or want other people to do it regularly (like to do sth) (I always like to get up early in the summer. | like sb to do sth) (We like our students to take a full part in college social and sports activities.) 5 not like to do sth/not like doing sth especially BrE to not want to do something because you do not feel it is polite, fair, nice etc (I don't like bothering him when he's busy.) 6 to approve of something or have a good opinion of it (I really didn't like the way he avoided giving us direct answers. | like sb doing sth) (Claus doesn't like anyone arguing with him. | like sb to do sth) (I'd like you to be honest with me.) 7 I'd like used to say what you want (I'd like sth) (I'd like a cheeseburger. | I'd like you/John etc to do sth) (I'd like her to be at tomorrow's meeting.) 8 would you like ...? a) used to ask someone if they want something (would you like sth) (Would you like some more cake? | would you like to do sth?) (Well, would you like to come shopping with me? | would you like me/her etc to do sth?) (Would you like me to pick you up in the morning?) b) also How would you like ...? used to offer someone something that someone does not expect, but that you know they will like ( (How) would you like to do sth?) (How would you like to go to the camp in the mountains this summer?) 9 would like used to express politely what you want to happen or do (We'd really like a holiday in Italy, but it's so expensive. | would like to do) (I'd just like to comment on a few things that were said. | would like sb to do) (We'd like you to come in for a second interview on Monday, if possible. | would like (to have) sth done) (I'd like to have the report finished by tomorrow.) 10 if you like especially BrE a) used to suggest or offer something (If you like, I could go with you to the doctor's.) b) used to agree to something, even if it is not what you want yourself ("Can we have spaghetti tonight?" "If you like.") c) used to suggest one possible way of describing something or someone (This experience was, if you like, a door that opened up a whole new world.) 11 whatever/anything etc you like especially BrE whatever you want ("Which play shall we go to see?" "Oh, whichever you like." | Come and stay with us for as long as you like.) 12 I like that! a) used to say that you like what someone has said, shown you etc ("That's a great story!" he said, roaring with laughter, "I really like that!") b) especially BrE used to say that what someone has said or done is rude and unfair ("I thought you were older than her." "Well, I like that!") 13 how would you like ...? a) used to ask someone if they want something, especially when you already know they want it (how would you like sth?) (How would you like a cup of coffee? | how would you like to do sth?) (Say, how would you like to go to Italy next summer?) b) used to ask someone to imagine how they would feel if something bad happened to them instead of to you or someone else (how would you like it if?) (How would you like it if you got home to find you'd been burgled? | How would you like sb doing sth?) (How would you like your boss calling you an idiot?) 14 a) how do you like? used to ask someone for their opinion of something (How do you like my new jacket?) b) how do you like that? used to ask someone what they think after you have done something or told them something surprising, unpleasant etc 15 (whether you) like it or not used to emphasize that something unpleasant is true or will happen and cannot be changed (You're coming to your grandparents' today whether you like it or not!) 16 I'd like to see you/him do sth used to say that you do not believe someone can do something (I'd like to see you run as fast as that!) 17 I'd like to think/believe (that) a) used to say that you wish or hope something is true, when you are not sure that it is (I'd like to believe that one day he'll be well enough to lead a normal life.) b) used to say that you think you do something well, especially when you do not want to make yourself seem better than other people (I'd like to think that my work is as good as anybody's here.) ~3 n 1 sb's likes and dislikes all the things you like and do not like (All the children have their likes and dislikes when it comes to food.) 2 and the like and similar things (He was interested in natural disasters, such as volcanoes, earthquakes and the like.) 3 the like of sb/sth also sb's/sth's like something similar to someone or a particular person or thing, or of equal importance or value (He gave a superb performance, the like of which has never been seen since. | The man was a genius. We shall not see his like again.) 4 the likes of spoken a) used to talk about someone you do not like (I'd never vote for the likes of him!) b) used to talk about people of a particular type or social class (Those expensive restaurants with fancy food aren't for the likes of us.) ~4 adj (only before a noun formal 1 similar in some way (They understand each other because they are of like mind.) 2 be like to do sth old use to be likely to do something ~5 conjunction especially spoken 1 in the same way as (Don't talk to me like you talk to a child.) 2 like I say/said used when you are repeating something that you have already said (Like I said, I don't mind helping out on the day.) 3 as if (I acted like I couldn't see them.) ~6 adv spoken 1 used in speech to fill a pause while you are thinking what to say next (This bloke will look at it for me, like, and he'll tell me what it needs.) 2 as like as not/like enough probably (The car will be written off as like as not.)
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I. [c red]PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION USES (likes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you say that one person or thing is like another, you mean that they share some of the same qualities or features. He looks like Father Christmas... Kathy is a great mate, we are like sisters... It’s nothing like what happened in the mid-Seventies... This is just like old times. ...a mountain shaped like a reclining woman. PREP 2. If you talk about what something or someone is like, you are talking about their qualities or features. What was Bulgaria like?... What did she look like?... What was it like growing up in Hillsborough?... PREP 3. You can use like to introduce an example of the set of things or people that you have just mentioned. The neglect that large cities like New York have received over the past 12 years is tremendous... He could say things like, ‘Let’s go to the car’ or ‘Let us go for a walk’ in French. = such as PREP: n PREP n/-ing 4. You can use like to say that someone or something is in the same situation as another person or thing. It also moved those who, like me, are too young to have lived through the war... PREP 5. If you say that someone is behaving like something or someone else, you mean that they are behaving in a way that is typical of that kind of thing or person. Like is used in this way in many fixed expressions, for example to cry like a baby and to watch someone like a hawk. I was shaking all over, trembling like a leaf... Greenfield was behaving like an irresponsible idiot. PREP: v PREP n 6. You can use like in expressions such as that’s just like her and it wasn’t like him to indicate that the person’s behaviour is or is not typical of their character. You should have told us. But it’s just like you not to share... PREP: v-link PREP n 7. Like is sometimes used as a conjunction in order to say that something appears to be the case when it is not. Some people consider this use to be...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb (~d; liking) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lician; akin to Old English gelic a~ Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. chiefly dialect to be suitable or agreeable to I ~ onions but they don't ~ me 2. a. to feel attraction toward or take pleasure in ; enjoy ~s baseball b. to feel toward ; regard how would you ~ a change 3. to wish to have ; want would ~ a drink 4. to do well in this plant ~s dry soil my car does not ~ cold weather intransitive verb 1. dialect approve 2. to feel inclined ; choose, prefer leave any time you ~ II. noun Date: 1851 1. liking, preference 2. something that one ~s III. adjective Etymology: Middle English, alteration of ilich, from Old English gelic ~, a~, from ge-, associative prefix + lic body; akin to Old High German gilih ~, a~, Lithuanian lygus ~ — more at co- Date: 13th century 1. a. the same or nearly the same (as in appearance, character, or quantity) suits of ~ design — formerly used with as, unto, of it behoved him to be made ~ unto his brethren — Hebrews 2:17(Authorized Version) b. chiefly British closely resembling the subject or original the portrait is very ~ 2. ~ly the importance of statistics as the one discipline ~ to give accuracy of mind — H. J. Laski IV. preposition Date: 13th century 1. a. having the characteristics of ; similar to his house is ~ a barn it's ~ when we were kids b. typical of was ~ him to do that c. comparable to ; approximating costs something ~ fifty cents 2. in the manner of ; similarly to acts ~ a fool 3. as though there would be looks ~ rain 4. such as a subject ~ physics 5. — used to form intensive or ironic phrases fought ~ hell ~ fun he did laughed ~ anything V. noun Date: 13th century 1. a. one that is similar ; counterpart, equal have…never seen the ~ before — Sir Winston Churchill b. kind 4a — usually used with a preceding possessive put him and his ~ to some job — J. R. R. Tolkien 2. one of many that are...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more like, most like) 1 a having some or all of the qualities of another or each other or an original; alike (in like manner; as like as two peas; is very like her brother). b resembling in some way, such as; in the same class as (good writers like Dickens). c (usu. in pairs correlatively) as one is so will the other be (like mother, like daughter). 2 characteristic of (it is not like them to be late). 3 in a suitable state or mood for (doing or having something) (felt like working; felt like a cup of tea). --prep. in the manner of; to the same degree as (drink like a fish; sell like hot cakes; acted like an idiot). --adv. 1 archaic likely (they will come, like enough). 2 archaic in the same manner (foll. by as: sang like as a nightingale). 3 sl. so to speak (did a quick getaway, like; as I said, like, I'm no Shakespeare). 4 colloq. likely, probably (as like as not). --conj. colloq. disp. 1 as (cannot do it like you do). 2 as if (ate like they were starving). --n. 1 a counterpart; an equal; a similar person or thing (shall not see its like again; compare like with like). 2 (prec. by the) a thing or things of the same kind (will never do the like again). Phrases and idioms and the like and similar things; et cetera (music, painting, and the like). be nothing like (usu. with compl.) be in no way similar or comparable or adequate. like anything see ANYTHING. like (or as like) as not probably. like-minded having the same tastes, opinions, etc. like-mindedly in accordance with the same tastes etc. like-mindedness being like-minded. like so colloq. like this; in this manner. the likes of colloq. a person such as. more like it colloq. nearer what is required. Etymology: ME lic, lik, shortened form of OE gelic ALIKE 2. v. & n. --v.tr. 1 a find agreeable or enjoyable or satisfactory (like reading; like the sea; like to dance). b be fond of (a person). 2 a choose to have; prefer (like my coffee black; do not like such...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) вероятно 2) возможно 3) вроде 4) одинаковый 5) одноименный 6) однородный 7) подобно 8) подобный 9) похожий 10) равный 11) сходный 12) схожий cancel like terms — сокращать подобные члены cancellation of like terms — сокращение подобных членов collect like terms — группировать подобные члены collecting like terms — приведение подобных combine like terms — группировать подобные члены digits with like place values — цифры одного разряда group like terms — приводить подобный приводить like oriented sets — одинаково ориентированные множества - in like manner - like pole - like radicals - like signs - like terms - like that - like this - like value - like vectors - something like ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. чье-л. подобие; такой же человек we shall not see his like again —- такого человека, как он, нам не видать больше the likes of you —- разг. такие люди как вы not for the likes of me —- разг. не для нашего брата, не для таких как я 2. что-л. подобное или похожее I never heard the like (of it) —- я никогда ничего подобного не слышал and the like —- и тому подобное music, painting and the like —- музыка, живопись и тому подобное or the like —- или что-л. в этом роде I will never do the like again —- я больше никогда не буду делать таких вещей Id: like draws to like —- свой своего ищет Id: to return like for like —- отплатить той же монетой Id: like cures like —- чем ушибся, тем и лечись 3. подобный, похожий in like manner —- подобным (же) образом on this and the like subjects —- по этому и аналогичным вопросам men of like disposition —- люди со сходными характерами the two letters are very like —- эти две буквы очень похожи like causes produce like results —- сходные причины приводят к сходным следствиям what is he like? —- как он выглядит?; что он собой представляет? 4. равный, одинаковый a like sum —- равная (такая же) сумма like signs —- мат. одинаковые знаки like quantities —- мат. равные величины like poles —- физ. одноименные полюса Id: as like as two peas —- похожи как две капли воды Id: like father, like son —- каков отец, таков и сын; яблоко от яблони...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I 1. adj. 1) похожий, подобный; like question - подобный вопрос; in (a) like manner - подобным образом; its just like you to do that - это очень похоже на вас; это как раз то, чего от вас можно ожидать; it costs something like L 50 - стоит около 50 фунтов стерлингов; like nothing on earth - ни на что не похожий, странный 2) одинаковый, равный; - like sum - like dispositions 3) coll. возможный; вероятный; they are like to meet again - они, вероятно, еще встретятся - nothing like there is nothing like home нет места лучше, чем дом thats something like как раз то, что нужно; вот это прекрасно! something like a dinner! coll. замечательный обед!, вот это обед так обед! what is he like? что он собой представляет?, что он за человек? like father like son, like master like man - яблоко от яблони недалеко падает 2. adv. 1) подобно, так; like so - вот так, таким образом 2) возможно, вероятно; like enough, as like as not - очень возможно; very like - весьма вероятно 3) coll. так сказать, как бы I had like to have fallen - я чуть не упал 3. prep. like anything, like mad coll. - стремительно; изо всех сил; сильно, чрезвычайно, ужасно; do not talk like that - не говорите так; to run like mad - бежать очень быстро, как угорелый 4. noun нечто подобное, равное, одинаковое; and the like - и тому подобное; did you ever hear the like? - слышали ли вы что-л. подобное?; we shall not look upon his like again - такого человека, как...Англо-русский словарь
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See: EAT LIKE A BIRD, FEEL LIKE, LOOK LIKE THE CAT THAT ATE THE CANARY, NOTHING LIKE, THE LIKES OF or THE LIKE. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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