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  • 1like — like1 [līk] adj. [ME lik, aphetic for ilik < OE gelic, similar, equal, lit., of the same form or shape, akin to Ger gleich < PGmc * galīka < * ga , prefix of uncert. meaning + * līka, body, (ON līk, Goth leik, OE lic): for IE base see… …

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  • 2like shit — offensive : very bad The food tasted like shit. : very badly She treats him like shit. ◇ If you feel like shit, you feel very sick, unhappy, etc. I got drunk at the party, and the next morning I felt like shit. [=I felt sick] When I saw how badly …

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  • 3like crap — very badly I sing like crap. [=I am a terrible singer] ◇ If you feel like crap, you feel very sick, unhappy, etc. I got drunk at the party, and the next morning I felt like crap. [=I felt sick] • • • Main Entry: ↑crap …

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  • 4like — like1 W1S1 [laık] prep ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(similar)¦ 2 what is somebody/something like? 3¦(example)¦ 4¦(typical)¦ 5 like this/that/so 6 just like that 7 something like 8 nothing like 9 there s nothing like 10 more like …

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  • 5like — 1 /laIk/ preposition 1 similar in some way to something else: My mother has a car like yours. | He crawled out of the hut on his belly, like a snake. | very like: He s very like his brother. | look/sound/feel/taste/seem like: The building looked… …

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  • 6like — 1. adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more like, most like) 1 a having some or all of the qualities of another or each other or an original; alike (in like manner; as… …

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  • 7Like — In the English language, the word like has a very flexible range of uses. It can be used as a noun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, particle, conjunction, hedge, interjection, and quotative. Word history As a preposition or adjective, it… …

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  • 8you could use something — I, you, etc. could use sth idiom (informal) used to say that you would like to have sth very much • I think we could all use a drink after that! Main entry: ↑useidiom …

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  • 10like-for-like — ˌlike for ˈlike adjective [only before a noun] 1. ACCOUNTING like for like figures have been changed where necessary so that a correct comparison can be made with a previous period: • There was no real growth in like for like sales, with the new… …

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