Definitions for likes
likes
like
Spelling: [lahyk]
IPA: /laɪk/
Likes is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.
You can make 57 anagrams from letters in likes (eikls).
Definitions for likes
noun
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a similar or comparable person or thing, or like persons or things; counterpart, match, or equal (usually preceded by a possessive adjective or the):
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kind; sort; type; ilk (usually preceded by a possessive adjective):
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the like, something of a similar nature:
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Usually, likes. the things a person likes:
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Digital Technology. (sometimes initial capital letter)
an instance of indicating one’s liking of specific website content:
a feature or option, usually a button, that enables this:
Idioms
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like anything, Informal. very much; extremely; with great intensity:
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like to, South Midland and Southern U.S. was on the verge of or came close to (doing something):
Also, liked to.
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something like, Informal. something approaching or approximating:
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the like / likes of, someone or something similar to; the equal of:
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would like. would1 (def 10).
adverb
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nearly; closely; approximately:
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Informal. likely or probably:
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Nonstandard.
as it were; in a way; somehow:
to a degree; more or less:
adjective
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of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.:
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corresponding or agreeing in general or in some noticeable respect; similar; analogous:
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bearing resemblance.
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Dialect. likely or probable:
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Dialect. about; almost ready, as to perform some action:
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Digital Technology. (sometimes initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to a feature used to like specific website content:
conjunction
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in the same way as; just as; as:
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as if:
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Informal. (used especially after forms of be to introduce reported speech or thought): .
preposition
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in like manner with; similarly to; in the manner characteristic of:
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resembling (someone or something):
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characteristic of:
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as if there is promise of; indicative of:
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as if someone or something gives promise of being:
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disposed or inclined to (usually preceded by feel):
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similar or comparable to:
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(used correlatively to indicate similarity through relationship):
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(used to establish an intensifying, often facetious, comparison):
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as; such as:
interjection
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Informal. (used especially in speech, often nonvolitionally or habitually, to preface a sentence, to fill a pause, to express uncertainty, or to intensify or neutralize a following adjective):
verb (used with object)
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to take pleasure in; find agreeable or congenial:
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to regard with favor; have a kindly or friendly feeling for (a person, group, etc.); find attractive:
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to wish or prefer:
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Digital Technology. (sometimes initial capital letter) to indicate one’s enjoyment of, agreement with, or interest in (website content, especially in social media):
verb (used without object)
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to feel inclined; wish:
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Archaic. to suit the tastes or wishes; please.
Origin of likes
1150-1200; Middle English lic, lik Old Norse līkr; replacing Old English gelīc, cognate with Dutch gelijk, German gleich, Old Norse glīkr, Gothic galeiks like, literally, of the same body or
Examples for likes
Wretched Man, who is shameless enough to admit that he likes it.
Here they are semi-touching at a grocery store; she likes kombucha.
Our judgment is always too much at the mercy of our likes and dislikes.
Among African Americans, the likes of Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, or Jeremiah Wright cannot do it.
This is a blow against freedom of speech, we were told, by the likes of Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson.
He likes when the sun glances off it from the top, because it looks like the black marlin.
You pick one that's full-chested, that's got a fairish-sized nose, and that likes cats.
Phidias has returned; and he likes to have no lamp burn later than his own.
I don't believe he likes Infant-ry, for he remains onmarried.
When it comes to mating, the banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) likes to keep things in the family.