What part of speech is like?

Like can be categorized as an adjective, a noun, a verb, a conjunction and a preposition.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. like is a preposition.
  • 2. like is a conjunction.
  • 3. like is a verb, present, 1st person singular of like (infinitive).
  • 4. like is a verb (infinitive).
  • 5. like is a noun, singular of likes.
  • 6. like is an adjective.

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Verb

Noun

Adjective

What does like mean?

Definitions

Adjective
like - 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"
like - 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"

Adverb
like - for example , such as : to introduce an example or list of examples.
like - Likely.

Verb
like - find enjoyable or agreeable; "I like jogging"; "She likes to read Russian novels"
like - be fond of; "I like my nephews"
like - feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard; "How did you like the President's speech last night?"
like - want to have; "I'd like a beer now!"

Noun
like - a kind of person; "We'll not see his like again"; "I can't tolerate people of his ilk"
like - a similar kind; "dogs, foxes, and the like", "we don't want the likes of you around here"
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Examples of like

#   Sentence  
1. noun We'll not see his like again.
2. noun Dogs, foxes, and the like.
3. verb I like jogging.
4. verb I like my nephews.
5. verb How did you like the President's speech last night?
6. verb I'd like a beer now!
7. verb The overwhelming majority of Muslims in Kashmir would be happy with such an outcome, except for the tiny jihadi segment patronized by the U.S. State Department and the Pakistan Army, which would like to even the score with India for their catastrophic defeat in Bangladesh in 1971.
8. verb I like yuor blog.
9. verb How Would You Like To Know How YOU Can Live In A Beautiful NEW House That Is Custom-Designed To YOUR Specifications.........And At NO COST To You?
10. verb So far what they have done together has been good for us and that’s how we would like to keep it’’, says Karzai.
11. verb Archibald, a middle-class Alabama boy--who, by the way, is now a registered Democrat--didn't like that story.
12. verb As the leaders like to boast, the Mujahedeen is a family affair.
13. verb I like to imagine the thought processes going on in W's head if he were to actually read the letter, but it is hard to picture him actually reading this letter.
14. verb At some point, I'd like to talk about the diversification strategy in more detail -- perhaps over dinner or a quick meeting after the markets close?
15. verb I have price targets of where I would like to lighten up exposure to ENE and will use calls to implement the stategy.
16. verb I would like that ability in order to hedge some exposure I have of unexercised vested options.
17. verb I would like to have a meeting once a week for 1-2 hours with all 6 of us just to make sure we are moving forward and to get an update and anything and everything.
18. adj. Suits of like design.
19. adj. A limited circle of like minds.
20. adj. Members of the cat family have like dispositions.
21. adj. As like as two peas in a pod.
22. adj. Like amounts.
23. adj. Gave one six blows and the other a like number.
24. adj. The hope may be that Posada can soon be offered to a post-Chavez Allawi-like puppet in Caracas.
25. adj. Just because Al Qaeda likes its truck bombs and the like to be effective does not mean they do not see the value in a deadly missive.
26. adj. The short forms do not contain the optionality relating to our performing billing services -- all of our midmarket forms anticipate that we will act as customer's billing agent and that we will collect all amounts due related to T&D and the like from the customer (and reflect same on our invoice) and pass those amounts on to the customer's utility.
27. adj. A few weeks ago, shuttle workers at the Kennedy Space Center received a rocket-like boost in morale with two important deliveries for the next shuttle to carry.
28. adj. More like the French than he would care to admit.
29. adj. If you use this cage it's best to remove the wire shelves altogether and replace it with hammocks and the like.
30. adj. In the winter, they will usually go deep underground and enter a hibernation-like state called brumation, which is characterized by a slowed metabolism and reduced activity.
31. adj. West Nile can cause EPM like symptoms and doesn't always include a fever.
32. adj. If you are serious about working out in a non-commercial like atmosphere then you have chosen the best place to be.
33. prep. His military intelligence has captured major figures like Abu Zubayda and Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, as well as nearly 500 other al-Qaeda operatives, over 400 of whom the Pakistanis have turned over to the US.
34. prep. Requests like that weren’t unusual, says retired Col. William Campenni, who flew with Bush in 1970 and 1971.
35. prep. They happened in the Philippines which, like Pakistan, is an important and vulnerable node for the business which intelligence agencies and terrorist organizations conduct with each other.
36. prep. Posada's crimes, on the other hand, must seem like ancient history, especially to a people who don't know their history.
37. prep. A large number of them are Bangladeshis, who like millions of their countrymen have left their densely populated homeland to settle elsewhere.
38. prep. He was drinking like a fish, every night, into the wee hours.
39. prep. Drug abuse can affect the ability of the person to feel deep emotions like empathy.
40. prep. This little-noted interview with Blount's nephew Murph Archibald, which appeared on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered on March 30, 2004, gives a devastating insight into what it was like to have to suffer through Bush in that period.
41. prep. But that means nothing, since they weren't the sort of things guys like Bush told the "girls".
42. prep. It should not be left in the hands of a man who spent his life like this.
43. prep. Like the tens of billions of dollars that have been "lost" in Iraq, planeloads of arms don't just "vanish"; not when the Pentagon contracts the work to an international criminal of Bout's untouchable stature.
44. prep. But Bout's name isn't likely to be mentioned in whatever coverage this story receives, before it sinks like so many others beneath the media's frothing triviality.
45. prep. Or something like that.
46. prep. They have been accumulating for years, and basically give the president to sieze the government whenever he feels like it.
47. prep. But who would do a thing like that.... hey wait a minute.
Sentence  
noun
We'll not see his like again.
Dogs, foxes, and the like.
verb
I like jogging.
I like my nephews.
How did you like the President's speech last night?
I'd like a beer now!
The overwhelming majority of Muslims in Kashmir would be happy with such an outcome, except for the tiny jihadi segment patronized by the U.S. State Department and the Pakistan Army, which would like to even the score with India for their catastrophic defeat in Bangladesh in 1971.
I like yuor blog.
How Would You Like To Know How YOU Can Live In A Beautiful NEW House That Is Custom-Designed To YOUR Specifications.........And At NO COST To You?
So far what they have done together has been good for us and that’s how we would like to keep it’’, says Karzai.
Archibald, a middle-class Alabama boy--who, by the way, is now a registered Democrat--didn't like that story.
As the leaders like to boast, the Mujahedeen is a family affair.
I like to imagine the thought processes going on in W's head if he were to actually read the letter, but it is hard to picture him actually reading this letter.
At some point, I'd like to talk about the diversification strategy in more detail -- perhaps over dinner or a quick meeting after the markets close?
I have price targets of where I would like to lighten up exposure to ENE and will use calls to implement the stategy.
I would like that ability in order to hedge some exposure I have of unexercised vested options.
I would like to have a meeting once a week for 1-2 hours with all 6 of us just to make sure we are moving forward and to get an update and anything and everything.
adj.
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.
Like amounts.
Gave one six blows and the other a like number.
The hope may be that Posada can soon be offered to a post-Chavez Allawi-like puppet in Caracas.
Just because Al Qaeda likes its truck bombs and the like to be effective does not mean they do not see the value in a deadly missive.
The short forms do not contain the optionality relating to our performing billing services -- all of our midmarket forms anticipate that we will act as customer's billing agent and that we will collect all amounts due related to T&D and the like from the customer (and reflect same on our invoice) and pass those amounts on to the customer's utility.
A few weeks ago, shuttle workers at the Kennedy Space Center received a rocket-like boost in morale with two important deliveries for the next shuttle to carry.
More like the French than he would care to admit.
If you use this cage it's best to remove the wire shelves altogether and replace it with hammocks and the like.
In the winter, they will usually go deep underground and enter a hibernation-like state called brumation, which is characterized by a slowed metabolism and reduced activity.
West Nile can cause EPM like symptoms and doesn't always include a fever.
If you are serious about working out in a non-commercial like atmosphere then you have chosen the best place to be.
prep.
His military intelligence has captured major figures like Abu Zubayda and Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, as well as nearly 500 other al-Qaeda operatives, over 400 of whom the Pakistanis have turned over to the US.
Requests like that weren’t unusual, says retired Col. William Campenni, who flew with Bush in 1970 and 1971.
They happened in the Philippines which, like Pakistan, is an important and vulnerable node for the business which intelligence agencies and terrorist organizations conduct with each other.
Posada's crimes, on the other hand, must seem like ancient history, especially to a people who don't know their history.
A large number of them are Bangladeshis, who like millions of their countrymen have left their densely populated homeland to settle elsewhere.
He was drinking like a fish, every night, into the wee hours.
Drug abuse can affect the ability of the person to feel deep emotions like empathy.
This little-noted interview with Blount's nephew Murph Archibald, which appeared on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered on March 30, 2004, gives a devastating insight into what it was like to have to suffer through Bush in that period.
But that means nothing, since they weren't the sort of things guys like Bush told the "girls".
It should not be left in the hands of a man who spent his life like this.
Like the tens of billions of dollars that have been "lost" in Iraq, planeloads of arms don't just "vanish"; not when the Pentagon contracts the work to an international criminal of Bout's untouchable stature.
But Bout's name isn't likely to be mentioned in whatever coverage this story receives, before it sinks like so many others beneath the media's frothing triviality.
Or something like that.
They have been accumulating for years, and basically give the president to sieze the government whenever he feels like it.
But who would do a thing like that.... hey wait a minute.
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