word-vault/dist/data/cards/li/like.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "like",
    "partOfSpeech": "preposition",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "similar to somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's wearing a dress like mine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's very like his father."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She looks **nothing like** *(= not at all like)* her mother."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That sounds like *(= I think I can hear)* him coming now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It tastes rather like chicken."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to ask somebody’s opinion of somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What's it like studying in Spain?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This new girlfriend of his—what's she like?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "in the same way as somebody/something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Students were angry at being treated like children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He ran like the wind *(= very fast)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You do it like this."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I, like everyone else, had read these stories in the press."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't look at me like that."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The candles are arranged **like so** *(= in this way)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dark wood shone like glass."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stop acting like a spoilt child."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "for example",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "anti-utopian novels like ‘Animal Farm’ and ‘1984’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "used to show what is usual or typical for somebody",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's just like her to tell everyone about it."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to give a number or an amount that is more accurate than one previously mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He believes the figure should be more like $10 million."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "better; more acceptable",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This is more like it! Real food—not that canned muck."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to give what you think is a better description of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Just talking? Arguing more like it."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody has done something annoying, silly, etc.",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Oh, what am I like? I just completely forgot it."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/laɪk/",
                "audio": "li/like/like__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/laɪk/",
                "audio": "li/like/like__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "preposition ,Middle English: from Old Norse líkr; related to alike."
}