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Have you ever wondered about the correct spelling and meaning of the word like? Do you want to know how to pronounce like? Our page has got you covered! Discover the correct spelling, definition, and etymology of this word, as well as sample sentences, idioms, and proverbs featuring like.

This word consists of 4 letters and is spelled as "L-I-K-E". It has 2 vowels and 2 consonants.

How do you spell like

Typo fix for "like"

like

verb

How to pronunciation like: ˈlīk

What does Like Mean?

What does like meaning in English

1. Resembling; having resemblance. Whom art thou like in thy greatness. Bible Ezek. xxxi.
   
2. His son, or one of his illustrious name, How like the former, and almost the same. Dryd. Æn. As the earth was designed for the being of men, why might not all other planets be created for the like uses, each for their own inhabitants. Bentley’s Sermons. This plan, as laid down by him, looks liker an universal art than a distinct logick. Baker’s Reflect. on Learning.
   
3. Equal; of the same quantity. More clergymen were impoverished by the late war, than ever in the like space before. Sprat’s Sermons.
   
4. [For likely. ] Probable; credible. The trials were made, and it is like that the experiment would have been effectual. Bacon’s Natural History.

Other definitions for like

The definition of 'like' is: to feel attraction toward or take pleasure in : enjoy

How to spell like

Want to know how to spell like, you will find a comprehensive answer on this topic. The word "like consists of 1 syllables and is spelled "ˈlīk".

Synonyms for like:

There are synonyms for like'. Depending on the situation and context, the following words are also often used instead of like:

care (for), want

Some words similar to "like"

• unlikelihood
• dreamlike
• deathlike
• unlikely
• friezelike
• saintlike
• likeliest
• workmanlike
• sunlike
• dislikeness

Idioms with the word like

• a memory like a sieve
• Like two peas in a pod
• like the back of one's hand
• swim like a fish
• like water off a duck's back
• like a bull in a china shop
• sleep like a dog
• Like riding a bicycle
• Run like the wind
• fight like cat and dog

The word "like" in works of art

What is memory if not the language of feeling, a dictionary of faces and days and smells which repeat themselves like the verbs and adjectives in a speech, sneaking in behind the thing itself, into the pure present, making us sad or teaching us vicariously...

Roberto Bolaño / 2666

All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

Blade Runner / Ridley Scott

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Anna Karenina / Leo Tolstoy

Alas! Alas! If only, like a bird, I had wings, how quickly would I fly home to my father's house!

Electra / Sophocles

What is the point of worrying oneself too much about what one could or could not have done to control the course one's life took? Surely it is enough that the likes of you and I at least try to make our small contribution count for something true and worthy.

Kazuo Ishiguro / The Remains of the Day

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.

Madame Bovary / Gustave Flaubert

Memory is like patches of sunlight in an overcast valley, shifting with the movement of the clouds. Now and then the light will fall on a particular point in time, illuminating it for a moment before the wind seals up the gap, and the world is in shadows again.

The Master of Petersburg / J.M. Coetzee

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.

The Importance of Being Earnest / Oscar Wilde

I am the arm. And I sound like this.

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me / David Lynch

You don't need water to feel like you're drowning, do you?

Jennifer Weiner / In Her Shoes

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How many points in scrabble for like

How many points is the word "like" in Scrabble? Is "like" a Scrabble word? Here is the letter-by-letter scoring of the Scrabble game, which is played all over the world in different languages and with different words.

The total scrabble score for the word like is 8

Where do the origins of disease names come from?

Throughout history, disease names have often been influenced by the individual who first described or identified the illness. For instance, Parkinson's disease, a neurological disorder characterized by tremors and movement difficulties, is named after James Parkinson, an English physician who first described its symptoms in 1817. Similarly, other diseases like Alzheimer's disease, named after Alois Alzheimer, the German psychiatrist who identified its pathological features, and Hodgkin's lymphoma, named after Thomas Hodgkin, an English physician who described the condition, bear the names of their pioneering observers.