like
noun/laɪk/
Слово англійською: like
Переклад like українською: як
Детальний опис
- likes[plural] the things that you like
- We all have different likes and dislikes.
- He is more than happy to discuss his life, his likes and his career.
- She is very cosmopolitan in her likes and attitudes.
- [singular] a person or thing that is similar to another
- jazz, rock and the like (= similar types of music)
- I let the apartment to students, backpackers and such like.
- a man whose like we shall not see again
- They experienced a period of expansion the like of which the world had rarely seen.
- You're not comparing like with like.
- [countable] if something on social media, a news website, a blog, etc. receives a like, it means that somebody has shown that they agree with it or think it is good by clicking a special button
- The band now has thousands of likes.
Word Originnoun sense 1 Old English līcian ‘be pleasing’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lijken. noun senses 2 to 3 Middle English: from Old Norse líkr; related to alike.
Idioms
the likes of somebody/something
- (informal) used to refer to somebody/something that is considered as a type, especially one that is considered as good as somebody/something else
- She didn't want to associate with the likes of me.