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Like

In English, the word like has a very wide range of uses, both conventional and non-standard. It can be used as a noun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, particle, conjunction, hedge, filler, quotative, and semi-suffix.

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Like

Nodes64
Edges63
Triples42
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.03125
Components1

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Like

Top relations

related to history · 9
Like → Although, Despite, English, Especially, Furthermore, It, One, Scotland, Welsh English
related to As a colloquial quotative · 7
Like → He, I'll, In, She, The, This, You
related to As a colloquial adverb · 4
Like → English, Examples, He, In
related to As a discourse particle · 4
Like → For, It, North American, Valspeak
related to As a hedge · 4
Like → Examples, It, The, This
related to Comparisons · 4
Like → English, He, It, She
related to As a noun · 3
Like → Examples, She, We'll
related to External links · 3
Like → French, JSTOR, See Fleischman
related to As a conjunction · 2
Like → Examples, They
related to As a verb · 1
Like → As

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Important terminology

used english also use hedge particle conjunction verb quotative often examples word colloquial history noun usage may following filler discourse

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Twitter or Instagram.That picture you posted got a lot of likesinstance ofon websites0.80text
Likerelated to As a colloquial adverbIn0.60section
Likerelated to As a colloquial adverbEnglish0.60section
Likerelated to As a colloquial adverbExamples0.60section
Likerelated to As a colloquial adverbHe0.60section
Likerelated to As a colloquial quotativeThis0.60section
Likerelated to As a colloquial quotativeThe0.60section
Likerelated to As a colloquial quotativeIn0.60section
Likerelated to As a colloquial quotativeHe0.60section
Likerelated to As a colloquial quotativeI'll0.60section
Likerelated to As a colloquial quotativeShe0.60section
Likerelated to As a colloquial quotativeYou0.60section

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