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How to spell dislike

hear itdis·like/dɪs'laɪk/verbPrefixes and work

What it means: To not enjoy something.

In a sentence: I dislike eating broccoli, but I love carrots.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as dislik or disslike.

How learners on Spelling.School have misspelled it: zzz

Same family: dislike (verb), liked, likely, likable, unlike. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Dislike” is formed from the prefix “dis-,” meaning “not” or “opposite of,” and the verb “like.” It has been used in English since the 1500s to describe a feeling of aversion or lack of approval.

Patterns it uses: Drop the e before a suffix? · Prefixes keep every letter

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