-like is attached to nouns to form adjectives with the meaning "of or resembling (the noun base)'':child + -like → childlike;life + -like → lifelike.

Like as a verb meaning 'enjoy' · like + noun phrase · like + -ing · like + to-infinitive · like + wh-clause. Like · Would like · Hate, like, love and prefer · English Grammar Today

Origin of like First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English lic, lik, from Old Norse līkr; replacing Old English gelīc, cognate with Dutch gelijk, German gleich ...

The word like is used to combine with another word to make nouns into adjectives. A dictionary user has a question about the meaning of this phrase.

VERBS, NOUN, ADJECTIVE, ADVERB. ease, easy, easily. economise, economy economics, economic economical uneconomical. educate, education, educational.

As + noun means 'in the role of', like + noun means 'similar to' or 'in the same way as'. As your father, I'll help you as much as I can.

From Middle English -like, -lik, from Middle English like, lik (“same, similar, alike”), from Old English ġelīc and Old Norse líkr (“same, similar, alike”).

Word Originnoun sense 1 Old English līcian 'be pleasing', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lijken. noun senses 2 to 3 Middle English: from Old Norse líkr; ...

verb ; a · to feel attraction toward or take pleasure in : enjoy. likes baseball ; b · to feel toward : regard. how would you like a change. I like that! · Synonyms of like · Sound like · Cone-like Не найдено: formation | Нужно включить: formation