Word Finder - liked

definition

To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.

example

I like hamburgers.

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To please.

definition

To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.

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To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.

example

I like to go to the dentist every six months.

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To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).

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To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.

example

He liked to have been too late.

definition

To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.

example

I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her.

synonyms

• enjoy
• fancy
• love

definition

To liken; to compare.

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To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.

example

I can't stand Bloggs' tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition.

definition

(with 'would' and in certain other phrases) To want, desire. See also would like.

example

We could go to the museum if you like.

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To be likely.

Alex liked being in control, and he had none in this situation.

I thought you liked it here.

Everyone liked the idea, so they returned to their rooms and cleaned up.

Mary liked him, and the feelings were obviously mutual.

When only a child he liked to stand by the river and see the ships sailing past.

I really liked her.

He liked her innocence.

She instinctively liked Darcie.

She liked him, too, even though he was different from Damian and Dusty.

I answered that I was very sure I liked it passably well; I was not joking.

We all liked New England but Quinn in particular, despised the high taxes of his home state.

He liked that idea more than he thought he should.

Adrienne wasn't sure she liked the drift of the conversation.

You could see which restaurants were rated the highest on Yelp, which ones certain reviewers liked, and so on.

The chickens liked their new run, which was purposely left full of weeds.

Smith liked the spelling, and made it permanent.

If Alex liked being in control, and she liked him being in control, then there was no problem.

You always liked living on the edge, but you've never been so impulsive.

Obviously he liked ranch work better than anything he had studied.

She told our neighbor Mildred she'd done something she regretted 'cause now she really liked this guy and thought maybe she'd messed things up between them.

Damian didn't care; Sofia liked Pierre, and he had a feeling Pierre's blunt dose of reality was soothing to her in a world where nothing else made sense.

I've always liked those, she murmured, pensive.

She liked him immediately.

She liked the space clothing.

He liked the challenge.

I've always liked to impress people, a childish vise I have never outgrown.

She always liked to stand by the piano when some one was playing and singing.

But now I have doubts that he even liked me.

Well, I'm not sure what you mean by this guy "showed" that he liked you.

What do you mean he "showed you" he liked you?

Just today he asked a friend of mine if I liked him and she didn't say anything.

I know he liked me in middle school, but I'm not sure if he still does.

Even though he knew I liked him he never made our friendship different because of it and things were never weird.

Last year, on a French trip my best friend let my crush slip out to him, partly because she liked him too.

He was very imaginative and he liked to pretend he was policemen and in the army.

Okay, so I've liked this guy for a couple years and we've become really close.

I actually found a bottle I liked and we got a bottle for Zack as a souvenir.

For that reason, women are more likely to tell someone they liked a gift they received when they didn't.

We would come back home and find ourselves talking about a certain little glass or a particularly cool pattern that we liked, wondering, "What if this were a little more like that?"

Cruise became more popular and better liked by the public because he did the right thing and married Holmes, making the marriage and their blended family with his adopted children work.

If she can convince hundreds of thousands of people to go buy a book simply by saying she liked it, there really is no telling how much pull she will have with voters in the next upcoming election.

He got what was to be a very small bit part, but turned into an over 300 line part because Linklater found that he really liked McConaughey's ad-libbing and improvisational skills.

Rich also liked the other performances, with the exception of Dee Snyder's, because he felt that some of Snyder's material was inappropriate for an all ages show, but everyone else, he really did like.

Obviously, during this time period, Neil Patrick Harris liked to keep busy.

Well, Tiffany liked being on the B list and now has a cult following of B-Movie (I think they're trying to call it "Indie Horror" now…) fans around the world.

Okay, so the rumor is that Miss "I kissed a girl and I liked it" (just try to get that song out of your head now), was spotted kissing Benji Madden at the Hard Rock Hotel in New York.

This led to small roles on television and film, but Depp felt that he wasn't getting as many parts as he would have liked to.

The fact that she was also a blonde bombshell who liked to dress in provocative clothing certainly helped her to gain popularity as well.

Punky was always written as a joyful, positive character, and parents liked the role model she turned out to be for their children.By the fourth season of the show, Punky was attending junior high school.

I popped covers on all three boys to try them, and the dogs liked them.