How to use like in a sentence Like is often used in place of the subordinating conjunction as, or as if They look like they have been having fun They look as if they have been having fun Many people became aware of the two options in 1954, when a famous ad campaign for winston cigarettes introduced the slogan winston tastes good—like a cigarette should. the slogan was criticized for its usage by. To enjoy or approve of something or someone
To show that you think something is good on a… The meaning of like has to do with being similar Maybe you sound just like your sister when you answer the phone We enjoy sports like hockey. If you say that one person or thing is like another, you mean that they share some of the same qualities or features He looks like father christmas
It's a bit like going to the dentist It's never as bad as you fear. Like meaning as if '' is also standard in informal speech and writing with a small number of adjectives The crew worked like crazy (or like mad) to finish the job on time. One similar to or like another Was subject to coughs, asthma, and the like
Often likes informal an equivalent or similar person or thing I've never seen the likes of this before We'll never see his like again. Like is only used to mean “want” in certain expressions, such as if you like and would like The conditional form, would like, is used quite freely as a polite synonym for want. We often use it with verbs of the senses such as look, sound, feel, taste, seem
(my sister and my mother are similar) i think this tastes like coconut That looks like marco’s car He seems like a nice man.
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