LIKE


Meaning of LIKE in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ enormously ( esp. BrE ), especially , genuinely , a lot , particularly , really , truly , very much

I ~d him enormously and was sorry when he left.

I really ~ that restaurant.

▪ best , better

Which story do you ~ best?

▪ quite , rather ( esp. BrE )

▪ always , never , still

I have always ~d Sue and I don't intend to stop now.

▪ instantly

Everyone he met instantly ~d him and wanted to be friends.

▪ personally

I personally ~d this song a lot.

▪ secretly

She guessed that he secretly ~d wearing skirts.

VERB + LIKE

▪ appear to , seem to

▪ begin to , start to

▪ come to , get to , grow to

I hope you will get to ~ our town.

▪ learn to

I'm learning to ~ spinach.

▪ want to

I wanted to ~ the movie because of its message.

▪ try to

I tried to ~ her because it would be for the best.

▪ pretend to

He pretended to ~ her for Tony's sake.

PHRASES

▪ be universally ~d

a man who was universally ~d

▪ be well ~d

He works hard and is well ~d by his colleagues.

Like is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ dance , ↑ feeling , ↑ film , ↑ food , ↑ job , ↑ joke , ↑ laugh , ↑ look , ↑ music , ↑ taste

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .