If you like your new shoes, you are glad you bought them. If you are like your mother, you are similar to her in more ways than you probably want to admit.
Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the particulars of the resemblance;
Verb
feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard; "How did you like the President''s speech last night?"
Verb
be fond of; "I like my nephews"
Verb
find enjoyable or agreeable; "I like jogging"; "She likes to read Russian novels"
Verb
prefer or wish to do something; "Do you care to try this dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?"
Verb
want to have; "I''d like a beer now!"
Adjective
resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination; "suits of like design"; "a limited circle of like minds"; "members of the cat family have like dispositions"; "as like as two peas in a pod"; "doglike d
Adjective
having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generaly alike in background and taste"
Adjective
equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "an equal number"; "the same number"
Adjective S.
conforming in every respect; "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year"
superl.
Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance,
qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike;
-- often with in and the particulars of the resemblance; as, they are
like each other in features, complexion, and many traits of character.
superl.
Equal, or nearly equal; as, fields of like extent.
superl.
Having probability; affording probability; probable;
likely.
superl.
Inclined toward; disposed to; as, to feel like taking a
walk.
n.
That which is equal or similar to another; the counterpart;
an exact resemblance; a copy.
n.
A liking; a preference; inclination; -- usually in pl.; as,
we all have likes and dislikes.
a.
In a manner like that of; in a manner similar to; as, do not
act like him.
a.
In a like or similar manner.
a.
Likely; probably.
a.
To suit; to please; to be agreeable to.
a.
To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to take
satisfaction in; to enjoy.
a.
To liken; to compare.
v. i.
To be pleased; to choose.
v. i.
To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to
be (in a specified condition).
v. i.
To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape
narrowly; as, he liked to have been too late. Cf. Had like, under Like,
a.
Like
'The as like you As cherry is to cherry.
Like master, like man.
He giveth snow like wool; he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.
More clergymen were impoverished by the late war than ever in the like space before.3.
But it is like the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices.
Many were not easy to be governed, nor like to conform themselves to strict rules.4.
Had like to have been my utter overthrow.
Ramona had like to have said the literal truth, . . . but recollected herself in time.
Like
He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.2.
Like
He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.3.
Like
Cornwall him liked best, therefore he chose there.
I willingly confess that it likes me much better when I find virtue in a fair lodging than when I am bound to seek it in an ill-favored creature.2.
He proceeded from looking to liking, and from liking to loving.3.
Like me to the peasant boys of France.
Like
He may either go or stay, as he best likes.2.
You like well, and bear your years very well.3.
He probably got his death, as he liked to have done two years ago, by viewing the troops for the expedition from the wall of Kensington Garden.
Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the particulars of the resemblance;
That which is equal or similar to another; the counterpart; an exact resemblance; a copy.
In a manner like that of; in a manner similar to;
To suit; to please; to be agreeable to.
To be pleased; to choose.
Usage Examples
'Dallas' hit a chord back in the late Seventies and Eighties because it was the age of greed: here you have this unapologetic character who is mean and nasty and ruthless and does it all with an evil grin. I think people related to JR back then because we all have someone we know exactly like him. Everyone in the world knows a JR.
'The Christmas Song,' by Nat King Cole, is not only a masterful performance to me it just sounds like the holidays. I've never sung it, because Nat's version is so perfect. I gotta leave it alone.
'Untitled' is a time machine that can transport you to 1992, an edgy moment when the art world was crumbling, money was scarce, and artists like Tiravanija were in the nascent stages of combining Happenings, performance art, John Cage, Joseph Beuys, and the do-it-yourself ethos of punk. Meanwhile, a new art world was coming into being.
'Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact.
'Ludacris' is something that I made up. It just kind of describes me. Sometimes I have like a split personality. Sometimes I'm cool, calm, and collected, and other times I'm beyond crazy.
'I Know You Care' is about my dad. And I haven't seen him for a long, long time. And my parents divorced when I was really young. And I guess I just wanted a - it was my way of saying that I wasn't bitter or angry anymore. I was just sad and just felt like something was missing.
'Hamlet' is one of the most dangerous things ever set down on paper. All the big, unknowable questions like what it is to be a human being the difference between sanity and insanity the meaning of life and death what's real and not real. All these subjects can literally drive you mad.
'American Horror' goes for a very specific kind of Seventies suburban downer ambience - 'Flowers in the Attic' paperbacks, Black Sabbath album covers and late-night flicks like 'Let's Scare Jessica to Death.' It even has 'Go Ask Alice'-era urban legends.
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Other Usage Examples'Dreams From My Father' reveals more about Obama than is usually known about political leaders until after they're dead. Perhaps more than it intends, it shows his mind working, in real time, sentence by sentence, in what feels like a private audience with the reader.
'The Food Network' was just starting in New York, and I was getting lots of attention from Mesa Grill. They had no money, so if you couldn't get there by subway, you couldn't be on. It wasn't like TV was something I really wanted to do - but I knew it would be great publicity for my restaurants.
'Funny People' is my favorite performance of myself to date. Even though it's a comedy and there are serious moments, I really felt like Leo felt like a real person. It didn't feel like I was playing myself. Whether it's a comedy or drama, I just try to make it as realistic as possible.
'Hello my name is the Republican Party and I got a problem. I'm addicted to spending and big government.' I'd like one of them just to stand up and say that.
'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.
"I told my mom, 'I'm not buying another magazine until I can get past this thought of looking like the girl on the cover'. She said, ""Miley, you are the girl on the cover,' and I was, like, 'I know, but I don't feel like that girl every day.' You can't always feel perfect."
'Metals' has partly been about me regaining my self respect and I feel like I'm growing the muscles I want to grow again.
'Teen Moms!' I started watching them like the first two seasons, and I stopped. I stopped because they are too young. I feel sorry for them. And I didn't watch that show 'Hoarders.' That thing would made my skin crawl.
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