like 1 
(līk)
(līk)v. liked, lik·ing, likes
v.tr.
1. To find pleasant or attractive; enjoy: Do you like ice cream? I like your style.
2.
a. To want to have: I would like some coffee.
b. To prefer: How would you like your coffee—with sugar or without?
3. To feel about; regard: How do you like these new theater seats?
4. To believe or predict that (a certain competitor) will win a contest: Which team do you like in tonight's game?
5. To perform well under (a given condition) or using (a given feature): This car does not like cold weather. The engine does not like enriched fuel.
6. Archaic To be pleasing to.
v.intr.
1. To have an inclination or a preference: If you like, we can meet you there.
2. Scots To be pleased.
n.
Idiom: Something that is liked; a preference: made a list of his likes and dislikes.
like it or not
No matter how one might feel: Like it or not, we have to get up early tomorrow.
[Middle English liken, from Old English līcian, to please; see līk- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]