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| - | # To [[enjoy]], be in [[favor]]/favour of. | + | |
| - | #: ''I '''like''' hamburgers.'' | + | In the [[English language]], the word '''like''' has a very flexible range of uses, ranging from conventional to non-standard. It can be used as a [[noun]], [[verb]], [[adverb]], [[adjective]], [[preposition]], [[grammatical particle|particle]], [[Grammatical conjunction|conjunction]], [[hedge (linguistics)|hedge]], [[filler (linguistics)|filler]], and [[quotative]]. |
| - | #: ''I '''like''' the Milwaukee Braves this season.'' | + | |
| - | #: ''I '''like''' skiing in winter.'' | + | |
| - | # To [[find]] [[attractive]]; to [[love]]. | + | |
| - | #: ''I really '''like''' Sandra but don't know how to tell her.'' | + | |
| - | # To do regularly. | + | |
| - | #: ''I '''like''' to go to the dentist every 6 months.'' | + | |
| - | # To [[want]]. | + | |
| - | #* '''1865''' July 4, [[Lewis Carroll]] ([[Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]]), [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]], chapter 10, | + | |
| - | #*: “I can tell you more than that, if you '''like''',” said the Gryphon. “Do you know why it’s called a whiting?” | + | |
| ==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
| From Middle English ''liken'', from Old English ''līcian'' (“to please, be sufficient”), from Proto-Germanic ''*līkōną, *līkāną'' (“to [[please]]”), from Proto-Indo-European ''*līg-'' (“[[image]], [[likeness]], [[similarity]]”). Cognate with Dutch ''lijken'' (“to [[seem]]”), German ''gleichen'' (“to [[resemble]]”), Icelandic ''líka'' (“to like”), Norwegian ''like'' (“to like”), Albanian ''ngjaj'' (“I resemble, I'm [[alike]]”) from archaic ''nglâj''. | From Middle English ''liken'', from Old English ''līcian'' (“to please, be sufficient”), from Proto-Germanic ''*līkōną, *līkāną'' (“to [[please]]”), from Proto-Indo-European ''*līg-'' (“[[image]], [[likeness]], [[similarity]]”). Cognate with Dutch ''lijken'' (“to [[seem]]”), German ''gleichen'' (“to [[resemble]]”), Icelandic ''líka'' (“to like”), Norwegian ''like'' (“to like”), Albanian ''ngjaj'' (“I resemble, I'm [[alike]]”) from archaic ''nglâj''. | ||
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In the English language, the word like has a very flexible range of uses, ranging from conventional to non-standard. It can be used as a noun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, particle, conjunction, hedge, filler, and quotative.
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Etymology
From Middle English liken, from Old English līcian (“to please, be sufficient”), from Proto-Germanic *līkōną, *līkāną (“to please”), from Proto-Indo-European *līg- (“image, likeness, similarity”). Cognate with Dutch lijken (“to seem”), German gleichen (“to resemble”), Icelandic líka (“to like”), Norwegian like (“to like”), Albanian ngjaj (“I resemble, I'm alike”) from archaic nglâj.
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