like – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of like

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to like
Participle: liked
Gerund: liking

Cognates

See the 4 cognates of like

Indicative

Present

Ilike
youlike
he;she;itlikes
welike
youlike
theylike

Perfect

Ihave liked
youhave liked
he;she;ithas liked
wehave liked
youhave liked
theyhave liked

Past

Iliked
youliked
he;she;itliked
weliked
youliked
theyliked

Pluperfect

Ihad liked
youhad liked
he;she;ithad liked
wehad liked
youhad liked
theyhad liked

Future

Iwill like
youwill like
he;she;itwill like
wewill like
youwill like
theywill like

Future Perfect

Iwill have liked
youwill have liked
he;she;itwill have liked
wewill have liked
youwill have liked
theywill have liked

Subjunctive

Present

Ilike
youlike
he;she;itlike
welike
youlike
theylike

Perfect

Ihave liked
youhave liked
he;she;ithave liked
wehave liked
youhave liked
theyhave liked

Imperfect

Iliked
youliked
he;she;itliked
weliked
youliked
theyliked

Pluperfect

Ihad liked
youhad liked
he;she;ithad liked
wehad liked
youhad liked
theyhad liked

Conditional

Present

Iwould like
youwould like
he;she;itwould like
wewould like
youwould like
theywould like

Perfect

Iwould have liked
youwould have liked
he;she;itwould have liked
wewould have liked
youwould have liked
theywould have liked

Imperative

youlike
weLet's like
youlike

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam liking
youare liking
he;she;itis liking
weare liking
youare liking
theyare liking

Perfect

Ihave been liking
youhave been liking
he;she;ithas been liking
wehave been liking
youhave been liking
theyhave been liking

Past

Iwas liking
youwere liking
he;she;itwas liking
wewere liking
youwere liking
theywere liking

Pluperfect

Ihad been liking
youhad been liking
he;she;ithad been liking
wehad been liking
youhad been liking
theyhad been liking

Future

Iwill be liking
youwill be liking
he;she;itwill be liking
wewill be liking
youwill be liking
theywill be liking

Future Perfect

Iwill have been liking
youwill have been liking
he;she;itwill have been liking
wewill have been liking
youwill have been liking
theywill have been liking

Conditional

Present

Iwould be liking
youwould be liking
he;she;itwould be liking
wewould be liking
youwould be liking
theywould be liking

Perfect

Iwould have been liking
youwould have been liking
he;she;itwould have been liking
wewould have been liking
youwould have been liking
theywould have been liking

Other

Verbs similar to 'like'

bike, dike, fike, hike, kike, lake, lie, lige, liken, lime,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Antonyms

to have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards
dislike

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Verb from Middle English liken, from Old English līcian (“to like, to please”), from Proto-West Germanic *līkēn, from Proto-Germanic *līkāną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“image; likeness; similarity”).
2. Cognate with Saterland Frisian liekje (“to be similar, resemble”), West Frisian lykje (“to seem, appear, look”), Dutch lijken (“to seem”), Low German lieken (“to be like; resemble”), German gleichen (“to resemble”), Swedish lika (“to like; put up with; align with”), Norwegian like (“to like”), Icelandic and Faroese líka (“to like”).
3. Noun from Middle English like (“pleasure, will, like”), from the verb Middle English liken (“to like”). See: Middle English 'liken', Proto-Germanic '*līkāną', Frisian, Saterlandic 'liekje', Dutch 'lijken', Low Saxon 'lieken', German, old spelling 'gleichen', Swedish 'lika', Faroese 'líka', Middle English 'liken'.

Verbs referencing "like"

Danish like, German, old spelling liken, Tok Pisin laik, Spanish likear, Hungarian lájkol, Tok Pisin laikim, Frisian, Saterlandic liekje, Armenian լայքել.

Sample Sentences

  • “ I'd like to have been able to kick the fellow down the steps, ” said he to himself, as he saw the door fairly closed, “ with his impudent assurance; but he knows how much he has me at advantage. If anybody [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] of news slung about the necks of some, and the broad sheets in the hands of all, they were Editors, who boarded ships in person (as one gentleman in a worsted comforter informed me ), ‘because they liked the excitement of it. ’ Suffice it in this place to say, that one of these invaders, with a ready courtesy for which I thank him here most gratefully, went on before to order rooms at the hotel; and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • I looked at him doubtfully, and returned, ‘No; I would rather have it in this private room. I like it very much. ’ (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ O mother, we don't wanter. We wants to sit up to meetin’,—meetin's is so curis. We likes ’ em. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] and the girls were returning to their work; indeed the stairs of the mill were thronged with them as I ascended. They were all well dressed, but not to my thinking above their condition; for I like to see the humbler classes of society careful of their dress and appearance, and even, if they please, decorated with such little trinkets as come within the compass of their means. Supposing it [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • ‘Oh! That 's all ! ’ said I. ‘Yes. That’s all. The Doctor’s a smart man. He quite enters into it. It’s a joke of mine. I like it for a time. You need n't mention it, but I think I shall go out next Tuesday ! ’ (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • ‘He might walk some, perhaps—not much.’ ‘Will you open one of the doors?’ ‘All, if you like. ’ (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • And the senator smiled, as if he rather liked the idea of considering himself a sacrifice to his country. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • But the dance commences. Every gentleman sets as long as he likes to the opposite lady, and the opposite lady to him, and all are so long about it that the sport begins to languish, when suddenly the lively hero dashes in to the rescue. Instantly the fiddler [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • My stay in Philadelphia was very short, but what I saw of its society, I greatly liked. Treating of its general characteristics, I should be disposed to say that it is more provincial than Boston or New York, and that there is afloat in the fair city, an assumption of taste and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Yes, I 'm a Londoner. I like being a Londoner. (Dammi)
  • because I like rap music and hip-hop and whatever. And... It's just, uh... it's just, like, (Going Varsity in Mariachi)
  • for the rest of your lives. Well, I 've always rather liked being the only (Fackham Hall)
  • Test him, Logan. Ball one. There you go. Ball two. Ball three. Hitter's count. If you like it, drive it. (Eephus)
  • Chris, it 's... - I don't love you. I mean, I like you a lot, (Hell of a Summer)