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like homograph 3

adverbadverb

just as, equally · right, just · straight, all the way

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt líka; jamfør lik (III)like, similar to · equal (to) Old Norse líka; compare lik (III)like, similar to · equal (to)

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. i samme grad, like mye to the same degree, equally
    • de er like gamle they are the same age
    • like mye just as much
    • jeg er like glad i vinteren som i sommeren I like winter just as much as summer
    • det var like godt at det gikk som det gikk it was just as well things turned out the way they did
  2. tett, rett, nær right, just
    • det var like før det startet it was right before it started
    • like etter dro de right afterwards they left
    • like ved grensen right by the border
    • de satt like overfor oss they sat right opposite us
  3. fullt ut, fullstendig, aldeles;
    helt (II, 6)wholly     fully, completely, entirely;
    whollyhelt (II, 6)
    • sove like til klokka tolv to sleep right up until twelve o'clock
    • dra like til byen to go right into town
    • fra 80-tallet og like fram til i dag from the 80s right up until today
  4. direkte (1)directly directlydirekte (1)
    • gå like hjem to go straight home

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

like fram
  1. uten avbrudd helt til (et endepunkt) without a break right up to (an end point) Eng. phraseall the way
    • fra krigen og like fram til i dag from the war right up until today
    • det var flat vei like fram the road was flat all the way
  2. rett og slett, simpelthen;
    likefram (3)downright     purely and simply;
    downrightlikefram (3)
    • det er like fram uunngåelig it is simply unavoidable
like fullt ikke desto mindre;
likevel, enda nonetheless;
even so, all the same
  • det ble like fullt en forferdelig dårlig kamp it was a terribly poor match all the same
like glad
  1. glad i samme grad happy to the same degree Eng. phrasejust as happy
    • de ble like glade som oss they were just as happy as we were
  2. uten engasjement eller interesse;
    likegladindifferent, unconcerned, couldn't-care-less     without involvement or interest;
    indifferentlikeglad
    • han var like glad med hele reisen, bare de kom trygt hjem he was indifferent about the whole trip, as long as they got home safely
like sæl
  1. fornøyd i samme grad content to the same degree Eng. phrasejust as content
    • hun var like sæl uansett resultat she was just as content regardless of the result
  2. uten engasjement eller interesse;
    likesælindifferent, unconcerned, nonchalant, likegyldig (2)indifferent, apathetic     without involvement or interest;
    unconcernedlikesæl, indifferent, apatheticlikegyldig (2)
    • de slapp ytterklærne likesælt på golvet they nonchalantly dropped their outdoor clothes on the floor
like ved i nærheten nearby
  • på en pult like ved at a desk right nearby
være like klok forstå like lite som før (etter et svar, en forklaring eller lignende) to understand just as little as before (after an answer, an explanation, or the like) Eng. phraseto be none the wiser
  • læreren prøvde å forklare, men elevene var like kloke etterpå the teacher tried to explain, but the pupils were none the wiser afterwards
være like langt være tilbake til utgangspunktet to be back at the starting point Eng. phraseto be back to square one