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like::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | similar |
| Derivation | likeness |
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 devotion.
a dreamlike quality.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | comparable, corresponding |
| Derivation | likeness |
the like period of the preceding year.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | likable, likeable |
I like my nephews.
Examples of like
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Take your dog to dinner just like Katie Cook and her dog Zara did in the summer.
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Scheduled to be a free agent, Ball said he would like to remain with the Titans.
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It's frustrating because I feel like we have a chance to be really, really good.
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I like to get up and down the court really quickly, and I like driving the lane.
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I'd like to see an extension cord or batteries to test items before buying, too.
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Like many things, it looks effortless when you've done all the hard work before.
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For Colin, I tried to find a visual way to communicate what stuttering was like.
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His speeches are inspirational, but now people are not listening like they were.
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Women in the spotlight need to think before they speak-just like the rest of us.
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- 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 devotion"; "a dreamlike quality"
- Wish: prefer or wish to do something; "Do you care to try this dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?"
- A kind of person; "We'll not see his like again"; "I can't tolerate people of his ilk"
- Equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number"
- Find enjoyable or agreeable; "I like jogging"; "She likes to read Russian novels"
- Alike(p): having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generally alike in background and taste"
- 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, interjection, and quotative.
- Like is the debut novel by Scottish author Ali Smith, first published in 1997 in the UK by Virago and in the following year in the US by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , it draws much from Ali Smith's own life growing up Inverness and then moving to Cambridge as a student.
- A WHERE clause in SQL specifies that a SQL Data Manipulation Language (DML) statement should only affect rows that meet specified criteria. The criteria are expressed in the form of predicates. ...
