Past tense of like
regular verb
The past tense of like is liked. The past participle is also liked.
Forms of like
| Base form (V1) | like /laɪ̯k/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | liked /laɪkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | liked /laɪkt/ |
| Present participle | liking /ˈlaɪkɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | likes /laɪks/ |
Liked in a sentence
- I liked her much better after I got to know her.
- At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
- The assassin liked to make a clean kill, and thus favored small arms over explosives.From the entry kill
- She liked to spread butter on her toast while it was still hot.From the entry spread
- She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels.From the entry flat
Meaning of like
- verb To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
- verb To please (same meaning as above but with subject and object reversed).
- verb To derive pleasure [with of or by or with ‘from someone or something’].
Questions about the past tense of like
- What is the past tense of like?
- The past tense of like is liked.
- What is the past participle of like?
- The past participle of like is liked.
- Is like a regular or irregular verb?
- Like is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: like (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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