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  • 21-like — [ laık ] suffix used with many nouns to make adjectives meaning similar to something: an innocent childlike face The illness causes chest pains and flu like symptoms …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 22like so — ► like so informal in this manner. Main Entry: ↑like …

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  • 23like — I adjective akin, alike, allied to, analogous, approaching, approximate, close, cognate, common to, comparable, comparative, congeneric, congruous, equal, equivalent, identical, illustrative, imitative, implicatory, implying, inferential, near,… …

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  • 24like to — index desire Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 25like — [laɪk; engl. = gleich]: ↑ l (4) …

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  • 26like|ly — «LYK lee», adjective, li|er, li|est, adverb. –adj. 1. probable: »One likely result of this heavy rain is the rising of the river. 2. to be expected: »It is likely to be hot in August. 3 …

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  • 27like — 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 …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28like — like1 [ laık ] function word *** Like can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): He looks like his father. as a conjunction (connecting two clauses): She looked like she was about to cry. as an adverb: I said, like …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 29like — I [[t]laɪk, la͟ɪk[/t]] PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION USES ♦ likes 1) PREP If you say that one person or thing is like another, you mean that they share some of the same qualities or features. He looks like Father Christmas... Kathy is a great mate …

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  • 30like — 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… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English