Verb
(transitive) To want; to desire (used to form polite requests, suggestions etc.).
Would you like some tea or coffee?
I would like to congratulate you on your results.
(intransitive, with a full infinitive) Used to form polite requests
I would like to go swimming tomorrow.
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. Socrates
I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually. Frank Sinatra
I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free. Rosa Parks
There are some who see ill, and would like to see worse. Italian Proverb
A toad too would like to crack nuts, but he has no teeth. Russian Proverb
I would like to break off the flower, but the branch is too high. Japanese Proverb