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Wikipedia Wiktionary Wiki Commons Tumblr Wikisource YouTube Shop Featured: A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)

1. To enjoy, be in favor/favour of.

   I like hamburgers.

   I like the Milwaukee Braves this season.

   I like skiing in winter.

2. To find attractive; to love.

   I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her.

3. To do regularly.

   I like to go to the dentist every 6 months.

4. 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?”