like

Pronunciation: [laik]

Average Rank: 91

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

a. 相似的, 同样的 vt. 喜欢, 愿意, 想 vi. 喜欢, 希望 n. 爱好, 同样的人(或物) prep. 象, 如同 adv. 可能

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a similar kind
  • n. a kind of person
  • v. find enjoyable or agreeable
  • v. be fond of
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk
Word Forms:
Past: liked
3rd Person: likes
Past Participle: liked
Plural: likes
Present Participle: liking

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#151

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.5% (Top 98.5% most frequent)
98.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#46

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 99.5% (Top 99.5% most frequent)
99.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#76

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.2% (Top 99.2% most frequent)
99.2%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

Back to Search