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Verb

like (third-person singular simple present likes, present participle liking, simple past and past participle liked)

1. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
   • I like reading books.

   Antonyms:

   dislike, hate, mislike, disapprove

   1. (archaic, transitive) To please (same meaning as above but with subject and object reversed).
      • I willingly confess that it likes me much better when I find virtue in a fair lodging than when I am bound to seek it in an ill-favoured creature.16th century, Sir Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
   2. (obsolete) To derive pleasure [with of or by or with ‘from someone or something’].
      • And therefore it is the best way, if you like of it, to examine these taken from experiments touching the Earth, and then proceed to those of the other kind.1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Systems of the World, (Dialogue Two)
2. To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
   • I like to go to the dentist every six months.
3. To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
   • I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her.

   Synonyms:

   fancy, enjoy, love

   Antonyms:

   dislike, hate, mislike

4. To want, desire. See also would like.
   • Would you like a cigarette?

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