LIKE | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

Old English lic: partly shortened from ylike, in the same sense, and partly from Old Norse líkr

having the same characteristics or qualities as; similar to

similar to

• he used to have a car like mine
• they were like brothers
• she looked nothing like Audrey Hepburn

used to draw attention to the nature of an action or event

drawing attention to nature of event

• I apologize for coming over unannounced like this
• why are you talking about me like that?

such as; for example

such as

• the cautionary vision of works like Animal Farm and 1984

in the same way that; as

in same way that

• people who change countries like they change clothes

as though; as if

as though

• I felt like I'd been kicked by a camel

used with reference to a person or thing of the same kind as another

person or thing of same kind as another

• the quotations could be arranged to put like with like
• I know him—him and his like

(of a person or thing) having similar qualities or characteristics to another person or thing

similar

• I responded in like manner
• the grouping of children of like ability together

used in speech as a meaningless filler or to signify the speaker's uncertainty about an expression just used

used as filler

• there was this funny smell—sort of dusty like
• I was, like, so hyped up I couldn't go to sleep

used to convey a person's reported attitude or feelings in the form of direct speech (whether or not representing an actual quotation)

conveying person's reported attitudes or feelings

• so she comes into the room and she's like ‘Where is everybody?’

in the manner of

in manner of

• like as a ship with dreadful storm long tossed