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noun
- (also the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
- We shall never see his again. — w:Winston Churchill, Winston Churchill on w:T. E. Lawrence, T.E. Lawrence
- bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the
- something the likes of which I had never seen before
- Something that a given person likes.
- Tell me your likes and dislikes.
Translations: - Dutch: (t, nl, favoriet, m), voorkeur(nl)m
- German: (t, de, Vorliebe, f)
- French: préférence(fr)f
- Italian: preferenza(it)f
verb (lik, ing)
- (transitive) To enjoy, be in favor/favour of.
- I hamburgers.
- I the Milwaukee Braves this season.
- I skiing in winter.
- (transitive) To find attractive.
- I really Sandra but don't know how to tell her.
- (transitive) To do regularly.
- I to go to the dentist every 6 months.
- (context, in certain expressions) To want.
- 1865 July 4, w:Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll (w:Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), w:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, s:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Chapter 10, chapter 10,
- : "I can tell you more than that, if you ," said the Gryphon. "Do you know why it"s called a whiting?"
Translations: - Dutch: (t, nl, graag hebben), (t, nl, graag zien) zich (t, nl, aangetrokken voelen tot)
- French: plaire í (i(fr, aimer), t+, fr)with subject and object reversed
- German: gefallen + dat (i(de, mí¶gen), (t, de, gern haben), {{t-, de)with subject and object reversed
- Italian: piacere a i(it)with subject and object reversed
- Spanish: gustar {{i(es)with subject and object reversed
adjective
- similar
Translations: - Dutch: nl(nl, zoals, lijkend op(nl, als}}, t, nl), {{t+)gelijk (maybe only in Flanders)
- French: comme(fr)
- German: wie(de)
- Italian: come(it)
- Spanish: como(es)
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