{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "laɪk" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio - 'to like' (UK)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/uk/like.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio - 'to like' (UK)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/uk/like.mp3" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/like.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/like.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "Verb from Middle English liken, from Old English līcian (“to like, to please”), from Proto-West Germanic *līkēn, from Proto-Germanic *līkāną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“image; likeness; similarity”).\nCognate with Saterland Frisian liekje (“to be similar, resemble”), Dutch lijken (“to seem”), German Low German lieken (“to be like; resemble”), German gleichen (“to resemble”), Swedish lika (“to like; put up with; align with”), Norwegian like (“to like”), Icelandic líka (“to like”).\nNoun from Middle English like (“pleasure, will, like”), from the verb Middle English liken (“to like”).", "Adjective from Middle English like, lyke, from Old English ġelīċ by shortening, influenced by Old Norse líkr, glíkr; both from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“like, similar, same”). Related to alike; more distantly, with lich and -ly. Cognate with West Frisian like (“like; as”), Saterland Frisian gliek (“like”), Danish lig (“alike”), Dutch gelijk (“like, alike”), German gleich (“equal, like”), Icelandic líkur (“alike, like, similar”), Norwegian lik (“like, alike”) Swedish lik (“like, similar”)\nAdverb from Middle English like, lyke, liche, lyche, from Old English ġelīċe (“likewise, also, as, in like manner, similarly”) and Old Norse líka (“also, likewise”); both from Proto-Germanic *galīkê, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“same, like, similar”).\nConjunction from Middle English like, lyke, lik, lyk, from the adverb Middle English like.\nPreposition from Middle English like, lyke, liche, lyche, lijc, liih (“similar to, like, equal to, comparable with”), from Middle English like (adjective) and like (adverb).", "From like (adverb) and like (adjective)." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.\nAntonyms: dislike, hate, mislike\nI like hamburgers.\nI like skiing in winter.\nI like the Seattle Mariners this season." }, { "mean": "(transitive, archaic) To please." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something." }, { "mean": "To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.\nI like to go to the dentist every six months.\nShe likes to keep herself physically fit.\nwe like to keep one around the office just in case." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition)." }, { "mean": "(archaic) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.\nHe liked to have been too late." }, { "mean": "To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.\nSynonyms: (British) fancy, enjoy, love\nAntonyms: dislike, hate, mislike\nI really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) To liken; to compare." }, { "mean": "(Internet, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.\nAntonyms: unlike, dislike\nI liked my friend's last status on Facebook.\nI can't stand Bloggs' tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition." }, { "mean": "(with 'would' and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like.\nWould you like a cigarette?\nWe could go to the museum if you like.\nI don't like to disturb him when he's working." }, { "mean": "(computing, chiefly in the negative) To accept as an input.\nWe were frustrated that our seeming innocent choice for a team name was rejected by the censor. Apparently somewhere in the name is a word that the censor doesn’t like." } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(chiefly in the plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).\nSynonyms: favorite, preference\nAntonyms: dislike, pet hate, pet peeve\nTell me your likes and dislikes." }, { "mean": "(Internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet." } ] }, { "name": "References", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "like on Wikipedia.Wikipedia" } ] }, { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Similar.\nMy partner and I have like minds.\nThe two cats were as like as though they had come from the same litter." }, { "mean": "(Scotland, Southern US) Likely; probable." }, { "mean": "(Scotland, Southern US, otherwise archaic, usually with to) inclined (to), prone (to).\nHe seems like to run from any semblance of hard work." } ] }, { "name": "Adverb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(obsolete, colloquial) Likely.\n1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :DON PEDRO. May be she doth but counterfeit.CLAUDIO. Faith, like enough.Indeed, quite likely." }, { "mean": "(archaic or rare) In a like or similar manner.\n1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Psalms 103:13:Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him." } ] }, { "name": "Noun_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.\n\nThere were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like.\nIt was something the likes of which I had never seen before." }, { "mean": "(golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.\nto play the like" } ] }, { "name": "Conjunction", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(colloquial) As, the way." }, { "mean": "As if; as though.\nIt looks like you've finished the project.\nIt seemed like you didn't care." } ] }, { "name": "Preposition", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Similar to, reminiscent of" }, { "mean": "Typical of\nIt would be just like Achilles to be sulking in his tent." }, { "mean": "Approximating\nPopcorn costs something like $10 dollars at the movies." }, { "mean": "In the manner of, similarly to\nHe doesn't act like a president." }, { "mean": "Such as\nIt's for websites like Wikipedia." }, { "mean": "As if there would be\nIt looks like a hot summer in Europe." }, { "mean": "Used to ask for a description or opinion of someone or something\nI hear she has a new boyfriend. What's he like?\nWhat's the weather like in Ürümqi today?" } ] }, { "name": "Particle", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Likely." }, { "mean": "(colloquial, Scotland, Ireland, Tyneside, Teesside, Liverpudlian) A delayed filler.\nHe was so angry, like." }, { "mean": "(colloquial) Indicating approximation or uncertainty.\nThere were, like, twenty of them.\nShe was, like, sooooo happy." }, { "mean": "(colloquial, slang) Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.\nI was like, “Why did you do that?” and he's like, “I don't know.”\nAnd then he, like, got all angry and left the room.\nA customer walked in like, \"I demand to see the manager!\"" } ] }, { "name": "Verb_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(chiefly dialectal, intransitive) To be likely." } ] }, { "name": "Further_reading", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "“I'm (like) ” from Language Log" } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "", "", "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "레퍼런스", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "형용사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "부사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "접속사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "전치사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "입자", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "추가_판독", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] }, "synonyms": { "org": [ "ilk" ], "kor": [ "" ] } } }